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crossing
A	noun
	1	crossing
			traveling across
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚travel; traveling; travelling ╚crossing ╚traversal; traverse ╚ford; fording
	2	crossing
			a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚travel; traveling; travelling ╚journey; journeying ╚voyage ╚crossing
	3	hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
			(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚process ╚organic process; biological process ╚bodily process; body process; bodily function; activity ╚sexual activity; sexual practice; sex; sex activity ╚coupling; mating; pairing; conjugation; union; sexual union ╚hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing ╚testcross; test-cross ╚reciprocal cross; reciprocal ╚monohybrid cross ╚dihybrid cross
	4	crossing, crosswalk, crossover
			a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚way ╚path ╚crossing, crosswalk, crossover ╚pedestrian crossing; zebra crossing ╚grade separation
	5	intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour
			a junction where one street or road crosses another
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚point ╚topographic point; place; spot ╚junction ╚intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour ╚level crossing; grade crossing ╚corner; street corner; turning point
	6	crossing
			a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚point ╚crossing
	7	ford, crossing
			a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚body of water; water ╚ford, crossing

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