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 →

2) A crossing is a trip across water, like a ferry crossing. tree →

3) Crossing (verb) means going across: «crossing the road». tree →

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 →
• The ferry carries 30 people each crossing. tree →
• Walk to the crossing, then turn left. tree →
• How many crossings to move 100 people? tree →
• Always use the zebra crossing near the school. tree →
• Wait for the green man at the crossing. tree →
• The crossing guard held up her stop sign. tree →
• The ferry crossing to the island takes an hour. tree →
• They were crossing a very rough, snowy field when Jane first noticed the animals. tree →

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.
• Some crows in Japan drop nuts at pedestrian crossings for cars to crack and pick them up safely when the lights stop the traffic.
• Watch a line of ants crossing the kitchen floor.
• Crossing out and rewriting are a normal part of writing, not a sign of failure.
• Before crossing a road, stop, put away your phone, and look and listen in both directions.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crossing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.