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# crossing

«crossing» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place where you can go across a road, a river or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (crossing, crossings); verb (form of cross)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A crossing is a place where you can go across a road, a river or a railway safely, like a pedestrian crossing or a level crossing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#m1)

2) A crossing is a trip across water, like a ferry crossing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#m2)

3) Crossing (verb) means going across: «crossing the road». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a place in a route; also crossings of a river (trips across), people carried each crossing; round up when the last trip is not full. In everyday life and safety: zebra crossing (UK), crosswalk (USA), lollipop lady or crossing guard who helps children cross. Phrases: «pedestrian crossing», «zebra crossing», «level crossing», «crossing guard», «border crossing».

### examples

- The boat makes 4 crossings a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x1)
- The ferry carries 30 people each crossing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x2)
- Walk to the crossing, then turn left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x3)
- How many crossings to move 100 people? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x4)
- Always use the zebra crossing near the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x5)
- Wait for the green man at the crossing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x6)
- The crossing guard held up her stop sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x7)
- The ferry crossing to the island takes an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x8)
- They were crossing a very rough, snowy field when Jane first noticed the animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a crossing». A «zebra crossing» has black and white stripes. Maths: each crossing can be one trip; total = crossings × per crossing. Trap: round up when the last trip is not full; a return trip is two crossings. Safety: stop, look both ways and listen before crossing.

### In the corpora

- [Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/6/)
- [Some crows in Japan drop nuts at pedestrian crossings for cars to crack and pick them up safely when the lights stop the traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots/5/)
- [Watch a line of ants crossing the kitchen floor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/5/)
- [Crossing out and rewriting are a normal part of writing, not a sign of failure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/9/)
- [Before crossing a road, stop, put away your phone, and look and listen in both directions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/11-eyes-up/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crossing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crossing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.