crossing [kraw-sing, kros-ing]
Main Entry:
cross [kraws, kros]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: traverse an area
Synonyms: bridge, cruise, cut across, extend over, ford, go across, meet, move across, navigate, overpass, pass over, ply, sail, span, transverse, voyage, zigzag
Antonyms: remain, stay
Main Entry: cross
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hybridize, mix
Synonyms: blend, cross-fertilize, cross-mate, cross-pollinate, crossbreed, interbreed, intercross, mingle, mongrelize
Antonyms: unmix
Main Entry: cross
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: betray, hinder
Synonyms: backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart
Antonyms: abet, aid, assist, help
Main Entry: crossing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pathway to traverse larger path
Synonyms: bridge, cloverleaf, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, decussation, exchange, grade crossing, grating, gridiron, interchange, intersection, junction, loop, network, overpass, passage, screen, traversal, traverse, underpass
Related Words
Main Entry: crossing
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
crossing, aerolar, barred, cancellated, compital, crisscross, cross, crossed, crosshatched, crucial, decussate, grated, matted, reticular, retiform, strabismic, streaked, strigose, textile, transverse
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Crossing.
Category: 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS
Synonyms:
-nouns
crossing; intersection, interdigitation; decussation, transversion; convolution; level crossing., reticulation, network; inosculation, anastomosis, intertertexture, mortise., net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation., cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot; entangle (disorder)., [woven fabrics] cloth, linen, muslin, cambric
-verbs
cross, decussate; intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink., twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe; anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link., mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill; tangle, entangle, ravel; net, knot; dishevel, raddle.
-adjectives
crossing; crossed, matted, transverse., cross, cruciform, crucial; retiform, reticular, reticulated; areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked; textile; crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant; webfooted.
-adverbs
cross, thwart, athwart, transversely; at grade [U.S.]; crosswise.
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Main Entry: accost
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: approach for conversation or solicitation
Synonyms: address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone mad; become mad
Synonyms: acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex
Antonyms: calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: angular
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bent
Synonyms: V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharp-cornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, zigzag
Antonyms: straight
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