traverse

Definition of traverse

Verbs

travel across or pass over
Synonyms:
cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track
Types:
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tramp
cross on foot
stride
cover or traverse by taking long steps
walk
traverse or cover by walking
crisscross
cross in a pattern, often random
ford
cross a river where it's shallow
bridge
cross over on a bridge
jaywalk
cross the road at a red light
drive, take
proceed along in a vehicle
course
move swiftly through or over
hop
traverse as if by a short airplane trip
Type of:
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"
Synonyms:
cross, span, sweep
Type of:
continue, cover, extend
span an interval of distance, space or time
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
Type of:
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
Type of:
crosspiece
a transverse brace
taking a zigzag path on skis
Synonyms:
traversal
Type of:
crossing
traveling across
travel across
Synonyms:
traversal
Type of:
travel, traveling, travelling
the act of going from one place to another

Vocabulary Lists for traverse

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  • abash
  • abate
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  • abdicate

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)
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  • 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

  • noxious
  • spur
  • speck
  • bound
  • repugnance

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

  • adamantine
  • adoration
  • beguiled
  • clod
  • condescend

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