traverse
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
- paths cut with traverse trenches
adverb
1. athwart; across; crosswise
noun
1. a horizontal beam that extends across something
Similar word(s): crossbeam, crosspiece, trave
Definition categories: man–made, beam
2. a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
Similar word(s): transom
Definition categories: man–made, crosspiece
3. taking a zigzag path on skis
Similar word(s): traversal
Definition categories: act, crossing
4. travel across
Similar word(s): traversal
Definition categories: act, travel, traveling, travelling
Sentences with traverse as a noun:
- He would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
verb
1. travel across or pass over
Similar word(s): cover, cross, track
Definition categories: motion, pass
2. to cover or extend over an area or time period
- Rivers traverse the valley floor
Similar word(s): cross, span, sweep
Definition categories: stative, continue, cover, extend
3. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Similar word(s): deny
Definition categories: communication
Sentences with traverse as a verb:
- He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
- to traverse all nodes in a network
- to traverse a cannon
- to traverse a board