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crossing the river

crossing the river is the present participle and gerund of cross the river.

Meaning of cross the river

Verb

cross the river (third-person singular simple present crosses the river, present participle crossing the river, simple past and past participle crossed the river)

  1. Synonym of pass the river (to die)
    • He had come back over the frontier of death. nails, spears, and a cross. Today bombs, mines, torpedoes, and shells. The same death. But death has lost its sting since Jesus crossed the river.2014, Horton Davies, Marie-Helene Davies, David Cain, How Far Down Dare I Drink?: Promises Greater Than Dreams, page 82
    Synonyms:
    pass the river

Questions about crossing the river

What is crossing the river the present participle and gerund of?
Crossing the river is the present participle and gerund of cross the river.

Words near crossing the river in the dictionary

  1. crossing swords
  2. crossing that bridge when one comes to it
  3. crossing the aisle
  4. crossing the floor
  5. crossing the line
  6. crossing the river
  7. crossing the streams
  8. crossing the Styx
  9. crossing the t's and dotting the i's
  10. crossing the Thames
  11. crossing the Tiber

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crossing the river (page history and authors); cross the river (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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