Definition of traverse
Verbs
travel across or pass over
- Synonyms:
- cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track
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tramp
cross on foot
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stride
cover or traverse by taking long steps
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walk
traverse or cover by walking
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crisscross
cross in a pattern, often random
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ford
cross a river where it's shallow
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bridge
cross over on a bridge
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jaywalk
cross the road at a red light
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drive, take
proceed along in a vehicle
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course
move swiftly through or over
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hop
traverse as if by a short airplane trip
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go across, go through, pass
go across or through
to cover or extend over an area or time period
"Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- Synonyms:
- deny
Nouns
a horizontal beam that extends across something
- Synonyms:
- crossbeam, crosspiece, trave
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beam
long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- Synonyms:
- transom
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crosspiece
a transverse brace
travel across
- Synonyms:
- traversal
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travel, traveling, travelling
the act of going from one place to another
Vocabulary Lists for traverse
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- incommodious
- cogitate
- endue
- immolate
- commiserate
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- premeditate
- symbolising
- abase
- discern
- endue
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
- habituate
- neutralised
- coherently
- corrode
- predispose
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 40-46 »(226 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- accoutre
- prevaricate
- proscribe
- constraining
- imbue
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 7-12 »(172 words)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of...
- ensconce
- refocus
- uncommunicative
- identifiable
- illusive
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 6-9 »(242 words)
Vocabulary study list for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The...
- addendum
- meretricious
- embroider
- amorphous
- septic

