crossing
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- n traveling across
- n a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- n a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- n a junction where one street or road crosses another
- n a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- n (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- n a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- v travel across or pass over
- v meet at a point
- v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- v fold so as to resemble a cross
- v to cover or extend over an area or time period
- v meet and pass
- v trace a line through or across
- v breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
- His bill, which was prompted by the death of two constituents who were killed crossing the street while listening to their iPods, sought to ban pedestrians from using earphones in .
- The border crossing reopened Monday, he said.
- In Mexico, middle-class tourists take a night hike simulating a border crossing experience.