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# crossing

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

«crossing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/crossing/#m1)
2. A crossing is a trip across water, like a ferry crossing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/crossing/#m2)
3. Crossing (verb) means going across: «crossing the road». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/crossing/#m3)

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

In Sefer Yetzirah it describes the pattern of the earth's surface, like beams that cross one another. In the primary 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

- He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/crossing/#x10)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crossing»](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/crossing/): every meaning and example of this page parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crossing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crossing.html) on Mova free.