crossing
English Thesaurus
1. traveling across (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | ford, fording, |
| definition | : | the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse (noun.act) |
2. a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | voyage, |
| definition | : | a journey to some distant place (noun.act) |
3. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | dihybrid cross, |
| definition | : | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | monohybrid cross, |
| definition | : | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | reciprocal, reciprocal cross, |
| definition | : | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | test-cross, testcross, |
| definition | : | a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | genetic science, genetics, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition) |
4. a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | path, |
| definition | : | a way especially designed for a particular use (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | grade separation, |
| definition | : | a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing, |
| definition | : | street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes) (noun.artifact) |
5. a junction where one street or road crosses another (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | junction, |
| definition | : | the place where two or more things come together (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | grade crossing, level crossing, |
| definition | : | intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | road, route, |
| definition | : | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation (noun.artifact) |
6. a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | point, |
| definition | : | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location (noun.location) |
7. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | body of water, water, |
| definition | : | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | stream, watercourse, |
| definition | : | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth (noun.object) |
8. traveling across (noun.act)
| derivation | : | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse, |
| definition | : | travel across or pass over (verb.motion) |
9. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids (noun.act)
10. a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other (noun.artifact)
11. a junction where one street or road crosses another (noun.artifact)
12. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded (noun.object)
| derivation | : | ford, |
| definition | : | cross a river where it's shallow (verb.motion) |
13. traveling across (noun.act)
| derivation | : | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse, |
| definition | : | travel across or pass over (verb.motion) |
14. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids (noun.act)
15. a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other (noun.artifact)
16. a junction where one street or road crosses another (noun.artifact)
17. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded (noun.object)
| derivation | : | ford, |
| definition | : | cross a river where it's shallow (verb.motion) |
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