Meaning of 'crossing'

Find the meaning of the word ‘crossing’

Valid in these dictionaries

  • TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
  • SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
  • ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of ‘crossing’

7 definitions found.

crossing

noun

traveling across

noun

a voyage across a body of water, traditionally across the Atlantic Ocean

Example: "Every fall my family makes the crossing from France to Canada."

noun

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Synonyms: cross crossbreeding interbreeding hybridization hybridisation hybridizing

noun

a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

Synonyms: crosswalk crossover

noun

a junction where one street or road crosses another

Synonyms: intersection

noun

a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect

noun

a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Synonyms: ford

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark and all the game's intellectual property rights in the USA and Canada belong to Hasbro Inc., while the rest of the world's rights belong to J.W. Spear & Sons Limited, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Hasbro, Mattel, and Spear are not associated, and Zynga's Words with Friends is a trademark. We have no affiliation with SCRABBLE®, Mattel, Spear, Hasbro, Zynga, or Words with Friends games in any way. The purpose of this site is solely for entertainment and informational purposes.

© Copyright 2023 - Unscrambler.org