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recrossing

recrossing is the present participle and gerund of recross.

Meaning of recross

Verb

recross (third-person singular simple present recrosses, present participle recrossing, simple past and past participle recrossed)

  1. To cross again.
    • The doctor recrossed his legs and followed her impassive gaze which was fixed on the long bread-knife that suddenly appeared to fill the room.1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC

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Noun

recrossing (plural recrossings)

  1. The motion or position of things that recross; an interweaving.

Forms of recrossing

pluralrecrossings

Questions about recrossing

What does recrossing mean?
Recrossing means the motion or position of things that recross; an interweaving.
What is recrossing the present participle and gerund of?
Recrossing is the present participle and gerund of recross.
What part of speech is recrossing?
Recrossing is a noun.
What is the plural of recrossing?
The plural of recrossing is recrossings.

Words near recrossing in the dictionary

  1. recross-examination
  2. recross-examinations
  3. recrossed
  4. recrosses
  5. recrosseth
  6. recrossing
  7. recrossings
  8. recrowd
  9. recrowded
  10. recrowding
  11. recrowds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recrossing (page history and authors); recross (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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