crossing
traveling across
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,724 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,102 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded also: ford
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another also: intersection, crossroad, crossway, carrefour
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other also: crosswalk, crossover
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids also: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
crossing in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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We were delayed as usual crossing that blamed old Indus.
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1
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But just fancy crossing the stormy waters of the Pentland Firth in a sloop!
From John O'Groats to Land's End · John Anderton Naylor · Chapter 1
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Crossing the lake, Fenwolf then shaped his course towards a verdant bank enamelled with wild flowers, where he landed.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 2
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A few minutes later, in crossing the upper hall, Mrs. Rylands heard Jane's voice from the kitchen raised in rustic laughter.
Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation · Bret Harte · Chapter 1
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It was here, I recalled, that the Rowley road drew so close to the old railway before crossing westward and diverging.
The Shadow over Innsmouth · H.P. Lovecraft · Chapter 2