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Meaning of crossing

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crossing
      n 1: traveling across
      2: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: {ford},
         {crossing}]
      3: a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
      4: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn:
         {intersection}, {crossroad}, {crossway}, {crossing},
         {carrefour}]
      5: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or
         railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
         [syn: {crossing}, {crosswalk}, {crossover}]
      6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties
         of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn:
         {hybridization}, {hybridisation}, {crossbreeding},
         {crossing}, {cross}, {interbreeding}, {hybridizing}]
      7: a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic
         Ocean)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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