traverse
traversed; traversing; traverses
The verb traverse means to travel across an extended area. "Her dream was to traverse the country by car, so she could meet new people and see all the kitschy sites — like the giant roadside tire in Michigan or the shoe house in Pennsylvania."
The verb traverse can also mean "to span," to span a physical space or time. "The bridge traversed the river, linking the two cities." Traverse can be used for any crossing, but it often is used when implying the crossing will be difficult. "She was exhausted from traveling in the snowy conditions, but she still had to traverse an icy bridge before she would arrive safely home."
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travel across or pass over
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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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type of:
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go across, go through, pass
go across or through
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cover or extend over an area or time period
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deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
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synonyms:
deny
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travel across
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synonyms:
traversal
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type of:
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travel, traveling, travelling
the act of going from one place to another
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travel, traveling, travelling
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a horizontal beam that extends across something
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synonyms:
crossbeam, crosspiece, trave
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beam
long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
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beam
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a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
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synonyms:
transom
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crosspiece
a transverse brace
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crosspiece
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taking a zigzag path on skis
Vocabulary lists containing traverse
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