crossing

== English == === Alternative forms === xing === Etymology === By surface analysis, cross +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/, (dated) /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒsəŋ/, [ˈkɹɔ̟səŋ] Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ, -ɔːsɪŋ === Noun === crossing (countable and uncountable, plural crossings) Cross-breeding. Opposition; thwarting. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed. The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed. A voyage across a body of water. (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it. Movement into a crossed position. (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges. A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque. (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it. (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === crossing (not comparable) (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction. === Verb === crossing present participle and gerund of cross === References === “crossing”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. === Anagrams === scorings, scorsing