crossing

IPA: krˈɔsɪŋ

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

Examples of "crossing" in Sentences

The Santa Teresa crossing is my favorite -- you avoid Juarez and El Paso.
This crossing is a bit out of the way, but it is virtually empty all the time.
We came through Laredo with no problem and wonder if this crossing is as easy as Laredo.
I have lived in Ciudad de Acuña for the past three years and the crossing is always an easy one.
In any event, the Colombia crossing is a dandy, a good option even if that tollroad hasnÂ´t reopened.
If my memory serves me correctly, the Santa Teresa crossing is about 15 miles west of I25 from a junction just north of El Paso.
All vendors have their R&D teams, but Shockley aims for driving out the time it takes to go from idea to product, what he calls crossing the chasm.
SLOBOGIN: Dr. David Greenfield specializes if addiction, and lately, he's spending a lot of time treating a new and addictive brand of adultery, what he calls crossing the line on line.
He wants to aggressively grab the most interesting software technology the labs is working on and herd it as quickly as possible into new products if it shows potential -- what he calls crossing the chasm from applications to products.
The term crossing is sometimes used in a much more restricted sense, as in the remark of Mr. Boswell in his essay quoted on page 69 where he says, "When I praise the advantage of crossing I would have it clearly understood that it is only to bring together animals _not nearly related_ but always of _the same breed_."