CROSSING


Meaning of CROSSING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a border crossing (= a place where you cross a border )

There are problems of delays at border crossings.

grade crossing

level crossing

pedestrian crossing

pelican crossing

railroad crossing

zebra crossing

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

illegal

Border Patrol officials say the tactic discourages illegal border crossings .

Besides limiting legal immigrants, it would address the problem of an estimated 300, 000 illegal border crossings each year.

He relays the discovery to another agent who just finished looking for signs of illegal crossings at the end of the road.

level

Some semaphores still survive - at Caersws and the Llanidloes Road level crossing .

Caersws station, Llanidloes road level crossing and one crossing up near Criccieth remain semaphore operated.

However one hopes that speeds over level crossings will be increased to get the maximum benefit.

new

These projects include an improvement to the A13 - the main east-west road - and a new east-London river crossing .

The parish council were not altogether happy with the road layout around the new pelican crossing , Mr. Hobbs reported.

■ NOUN

border

Other agreements were concluded concerning border crossings , agricultural, scientific and cultural co-operation, recognition of educational qualifications and road transport.

The two cities also are trying to make their united voice felt in the planning of border crossings .

Law enforcement officials consider it the most corrupt of six border crossings in Arizona.

Naturalization Service inspectors search for drugs at border crossings in the Southwest.

Border Patrol officials say the tactic discourages illegal border crossings .

Besides limiting legal immigrants, it would address the problem of an estimated 300, 000 illegal border crossings each year.

ferry

Price includes ferry crossing and insurance.

Several ferry crossings and jetfoil crossing daily.

The price includes half-board hotel accommodation, touring bike and return ferry crossing .

Prices include ferry crossings on Sally Ferries from Ramsgate to Dunkirk.

Prices start from £366 per week for a property that sleeps four, including return ferry crossing .

Details of your outboard and inbound ferry crossing will be included in your travel documentation.

grade

The figure could also be reduced by concentrating on those grade crossings where the benefit relative to cost is greatest.

The city and its suburbs have some 2, 000 public grade crossings , 268 with whistle bans.

pedestrian

The tramway station is now effectively a traffic island, surrounded by a one-way system and linked by pedestrian crossings . 3.

The second concern was the shortage of pedestrian crossings .

There will be a tree lined pedestrianised square, new public toilets, pedestrian crossings and an open space for special events.

She made her way across the road at a pedestrian crossing , and stood in front of City Hall.

They called it a pedestrian crossing , but it wasn't built for people.

O'Neill doesn't seem capable of answering questions, and Landless wouldn't stop for me on a pedestrian crossing .

Secondary distributor roads have no speed signs, but are interrupted by frequent pedestrian crossings of traditional design.

We were approaching a big road junction where there was a controlled Pedestrian crossing .

river

Two small valleys left an isolated hill where a castle was built to defend the river crossing .

The Triborough Bridge was reported to be slow because of potholes while traffic on the other East River crossings was moving.

Schomberg dismissed William's plan, to force the river crossing , as too dangerous but the normally cautious king overruled him.

These projects include an improvement to the A13 - the main east-west road - and a new east-London river crossing .

Others include an excavator for working in marshland, and a catamaran for excavating river crossings .

Magdalene Bridge For centuries successive bridges at Magdalene Street provided the city's principal river crossing .

She had seen Guy fight before at the river crossing , but then he had been quick and efficient.

road

A flagman was stationed at the road crossing .

sea

There is a discernible, almost romantic frisson about a sea crossing , nomatterhow short.

The sea crossing served only to emphasise the idyll we left behind.

It is the first spit of land visible to incoming birds after a considerable sea crossing .

Work was now a day's climbing, as well as a sea crossing away and all but forgotten.

zebra

Crossing roads is always frightening at first, and the patient may have to relearn how to use pelican and zebra crossings .

The zebra crossings are faded to near invisibility and pedestrians look astonished to be allowed to cross by them.

Driving home one night at about 11 o'clock, through a fairly rough area, I stopped at a zebra crossing .

Maybe a zebra crossing could be placed here? 4.

Having assisted an old woman at a zebra crossing , I was granted three wishes.

■ VERB

make

That ford was going to make but a difficult crossing .

He made two crossings through Andersonstown to familiarise them with the work which they would have to do.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

His party made the first east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada in 1833.

The crossing from Dover to Calais is often very rough.

The crossing took over two weeks.

The Atlantic crossing took nearly three months.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

About two-thirds of all collisions at state public crossings actually occur where everything is functioning properly.

Border Patrol officials say the tactic discourages illegal border crossings.

Protein/reporter combinations were generated by crossing transformants.

The tramway station is now effectively a traffic island, surrounded by a one-way system and linked by pedestrian crossings. 3.

There are 167, 000 crossings nationwide.

There will be a tree lined pedestrianised square, new public toilets, pedestrian crossings and an open space for special events.

Therefore any individual stops which will be required at single pelican crossings etc., will have no effect on charging.

To become foot-sure and fearless in such tightrope bridge crossings, he practiced on easier ones a few inches above the ground.

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