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Crossing

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crossnounA geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
intersectionnounThe junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
transversalnounRunning or lying across; transverse.
fordnounA location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
transversenounSituated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
crossroadnounA crossroads (place where one road crosses another).
thwartwise(archaic) Athwart; from side to side; across.
hybridizationnoun(biology, including botany) The process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant
crosswaynoun(archaic) A crossroad.
crosswalknoun(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
interbreedingnounbreeding between heterogeneous individuals
crossbreedingnounThe process or the result of crossbreeding.
hybridisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridization. [The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.]
hybridizingnoun(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
carrefourCarrefour Group, S.A., is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France.

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hastilyIn a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly.
hurriedlyIn a hurried manner.
in hastein a hurried or hasty manner

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intersectionnounThe junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
crossroadnounA crossroads (place where one road crosses another).
crosswalknoun(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
crosswaynoun(archaic) A crossroad.
fordnounA location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
crosswisecrossing; lying across
transversalnounRunning or lying across; transverse.
transversenounSituated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
thwartwise(archaic) Athwart; from side to side; across.
hybridizationnoun(biology, including botany) The process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant
hybridisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of hybridization. [The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.]
crossbreedingnounThe process or the result of crossbreeding.
interbreedingnounbreeding between heterogeneous individuals
carrefourCarrefour Group, S.A., is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France.
hybridizingnoun(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
crossroadsnounA place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
right-of-waynounAlternative spelling of right of way (American English). [(uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.]
trafficnounMoving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
overpassnounA section of a road or path that crosses over an obstacle, especially another road, railway, etc.
stopovernounA short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.

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