| Noun | 1. | crossing - traveling acrossfording, ford - the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | |
| 2. | crossing - a shallow area in a stream that can be fordedbody of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" | |
| 3. | crossing - a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersectpoint - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" | |
| 4. | crossing - a junction where one street or road crosses anotherjunction - the place where two or more things come together road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation | |
| 5. | crossing - a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the otherpath - a way especially designed for a particular use | |
| 6. | crossing - (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybridsmonohybrid cross - hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) test-cross, testcross - a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring | |
| 7. | crossing - a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)voyage - a journey to some distant place | |