crossing
crossing is a 8-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Cross. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- present participle. of Cross
- transitive verb. The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.
- transitive verb. The act of making the sign of the cross.
- transitive verb. The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.
- transitive verb. Intersection, as of two paths or roads.
- transitive verb. A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.
- transitive verb. Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.
- noun. traveling across
- noun. a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- noun. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- noun. a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- noun. a junction where one street or road crosses another
- noun. a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- noun. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
Synonyms
cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, crossover, crosswalk, carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection, ford
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