Unscramble crossing

Definition of crossing

noun:

• traveling across.
• a shallow area in a stream that can be forded. Synonyms: ford.
• a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect.
• a junction where one street or road crosses another. Synonyms: carrefour, crossroad, crossway, intersection.
• a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other. Synonyms: crossover, crosswalk.
• (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids. Synonyms: cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding.
• a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean).

verb:

• travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day". Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse.
• meet at a point. Synonyms: cross, intersect.
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge", "foil your opponent". Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart.
• fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs". Synonyms: cross. Antonyms: uncross.
• to cover or extend over an area or time period; ,; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres", "The novel spans three centuries". Synonyms: cross, span, sweep, traverse.
• meet and pass; "the trains crossed". Synonyms: cross.
• trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'". Synonyms: cross.
• breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey", "Mendel tried crossbreeding", "these species do not interbreed". Synonyms: cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed.

Related words

backcross, bridge, corner, course, crisscross, cross, dash, decussate, disappoint, drive, ford, fording, hop, jaywalk, reciprocal, ruin, stride, take, testcross, tramp, traversal, traverse, walk.