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traverse
[ trav-ers, truh-vurs ]
verb (used with object)
traversed, traversing.
- to pass or move over, along, or through.
Synonyms:
- to go to and fro over or along.
- to extend across or over:
A bridge traverses the stream.
- to go up, down, or across (a rope, mountain, hill, etc.) at an angle:
The climbers traversed the east face of the mountain.
- to ski across (a hill or slope).
- to cause to move laterally.
- to contradict or deny.
Synonyms: , ,
- Law.
- (in the law of pleading) to deny formally (an allegation of fact set forth in a previous pleading).
- to join issue upon.
- to turn and point (a gun) in any direction.
verb (used without object)
traversed, traversing.
- to pass along or go across something; cross:
a point in the river where we could traverse.
- to ski across a hill or slope on a diagonal.
- to turn laterally, as a gun.
- Fencing. to glide the blade toward the hilt of the contestant's foil while applying pressure to the blade.
noun
- the act of passing across, over, or through.
- something that crosses, obstructs, or thwarts; obstacle.
- a transversal or similar line.
- a place where one may traverse or cross; crossing.
- Architecture. a transverse gallery or loft of communication in a church or other large building.
- a bar, strip, rod, or other structural part placed or extending across; crosspiece; crossbar.
- a railing, lattice, or screen serving as a barrier.
- Nautical.
- the zigzag track of a vessel compelled by contrary winds or currents to sail on different courses.
- each of the runs in a single direction made in such sailing.
- Fortification.
- a defensive barrier, parapet, or the like, placed transversely.
- a defensive barrier thrown across the terreplein or the covered way of a fortification to protect it from enfilade fire.
- Gunnery. the horizontal turning of a gun so as to make it point in any required direction.
- Machinery.
- the motion of a lathe tool or grinding wheel along a piece of work.
- a part moving along a piece of work in this way, as the carriage of a lathe.
- Surveying. a series of intersecting surveyed lines whose lengths and angles of intersection, measured at instrument stations, are recorded graphically on a map and in numerical form in data tables. Compare closed traverse.
- Law. a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the other side.
adjective
- lying, extending, or passing across; transverse.
traverse
/ trəˈvɜːs; ˈtrævɜːs /
verb
- to pass or go over or back and forth over (something); cross
- tr to go against; oppose; obstruct
- to move or cause to move sideways or crosswise
- tr to extend or reach across
- to turn (an artillery gun) laterally on its pivot or mount or (of an artillery gun) to turn laterally
- tr to look over or examine carefully
- tr law to deny (an allegation of fact), as in pleading
- intr fencing to slide one's blade towards an opponent's hilt while applying pressure against his blade
- mountaineering to move across (a face) horizontally
- tr nautical to brace (a yard) fore and aft
noun
- something being or lying across, such as a transom
- a gallery or loft inside a building that crosses it
- maths another name for transversal
- an obstruction or hindrance
- fortifications a protective bank or other barrier across a trench or rampart
- a railing, screen, or curtain
- the act or an instance of traversing or crossing
- a path or road across
- nautical the zigzag course of a vessel tacking frequently
- law the formal denial of a fact alleged in the opposite party's pleading
- surveying a survey consisting of a series of straight lines, the length of each and the angle between them being measured
- mountaineering a horizontal move across a face
adjective
- being or lying across; transverse
adverb
- an archaic word for across
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Derived Forms
- ٰˈ, noun
- ˈٰ, adjective
- ˈٰ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ٰ··· adjective
- ٰ·· noun
- ٰ·· noun
- non·ٰ··· adjective
- ·ٰ· verb retraversed retraversing
- un·ٰ··· adjective
- ܲ·ٰ· adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of traverse1
First recorded in 1250–1300; (verb) Middle English traversen, from Middle French traverser ”to cross,” from Late Latin ٰԲ, derivative of Latin ٰԲܲ ( trans-, versus ); (noun) Middle English travers(e), from Middle French traverse (from Latin ٰԲ “something lying across,” feminine of ٰԲܲ ) and travers (from Latin ٰԲܳ passage across, neuter of ٰԲܲ )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of traverse1
C14: from Old French traverser , from Late Latin ٰԲ , from Latin ٰԲܲ transverse
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Example Sentences
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