(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If two or more lines or roads ~, they meet or cross each other. You can also say that one line or road ~s another.
The orbit of this comet ~s the orbit of the Earth...
The circles will ~ in two places...
V-RECIP: V n, pl-n V, also V with n
2.
If one thing ~s with another or if two things ~, the two things have a connection at a particular point.
...the ways in which historical events ~ with individual lives...
Their histories ~.
= overlap
V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V
3.
If a place, area, or surface is ~ed by things such as roads or lines, they cross it.
The city is ~ed by three main waterways.
= cross
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed