1. intersection; place where a road or railroad tracks can be crossed; crossbreeding, hybridization. crossing\cross"ing\, n. [see:
cross, v. t. ].
2. the act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
3. the act of making the sign of the cross. hall.
4. the act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
5. intersection, as of two paths or roads.
6. a place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.
7. contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. i do not bear these crossings.crossing extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" [syn: cross(a) , crossing(a) , transverse, transversal, thwartwise] n.
8. traveling across.
9. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford].
10. a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect.
11. a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn: intersection, crossroad, crossway, carrefour].
12. a path (often marked) where a street or railroad can be crossed [syn: crosswalk].
13. the act of mixing different breeds of animals [syn: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing].
14. a voyage across a body of water (usually across the atlantic ocean).
15. The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
16. The act of making the sign of the cross.
17. The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
18. Intersection, as of two paths or roads.
19. A place where anything is crossed; a paved walk across a street.
20. Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. traveling across a voyage across a body of water a path where something can be crossed to get from one side to the other a point where two lines intersect.
21. A brittle cake or other crisp pastry.
22. A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X.
23. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.
24. The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.
25. Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.
26. A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
27. An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St.
28. George and St.
29. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.
30. A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.
31. A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties.
32. See the Illustration, above.
33. The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.
34. Church lands.
35. A line drawn across or through another line.
36. A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.
37. An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
38. A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
39. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.
40. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.
41. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.
42. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other.
43. Athwart; across.
44. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.
45. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.
46. To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.
47. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
48. To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.
49. To interfere and cut off; to debar.
50. To make the sign of the cross upon; followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.
51. To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.
52. To cause to interbreed; said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of.
53. To lie or be athwart.
54. To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.
55. To be inconsistent.
56. To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds. a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns" trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'" meet and pass; "the trains crossed" fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs" to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries".
57. 1. A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake. The vessel docked in Swansea after a ten-hour crossing.
58. A crossing is a place where two roads, paths, or lines cross.
59. A crossing is the same as a pedestrian crossing. A car hit her on a crossing. see also:
pelican crossing, zebra crossing.
60. A crossing is the same as a grade crossing or a level crossing.