- verbtraverse (verb) · traverses (third person present) · traversed (past tense) · traversed (past participle) · traversing (present participle)
- travel across or through:"he traversed the forest"
- extend across or through:"a moving catwalk that traversed a vast cavernous space"
- cross a hill or mountain by means of a series of sideways movements from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another:"I often use this route, eventually traversing around the cliff"
- ski diagonally across (a slope), with only a slight descent:"ski patrol workers traverse the slope"
- consider or discuss the whole extent of (a subject):"he would traverse a number of subjects and disciplines"
- move (something) back and forth or sideways:"a probe is traversed along the tunnel"
- turn (a large gun or other device on a pivot) to face a different direction.
- lawdeny (an allegation) in pleading:"the plaintiff must assert certain facts which, if traversed, he would be put to prove"
- archaicoppose or thwart (a plan).
nountraverse (noun) · traverses (plural noun)- an act of traversing something:"high-level walks in the Dolomites often involve steep, exposed climbs, traverses, and descents"
- a hill or mountain where traversing is necessary:"a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice"
- a movement following a diagonal course made by a skier descending a slope:"I make long gentle traverses down the steepest sections"
- a zigzag course followed by a ship because winds or currents prevent it from sailing directly toward its destination.
- a part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something:"there were three jewels in the traverse of the cross and four in the body"
- a gallery extending from side to side of a church or other building.
- a mechanism enabling a large gun to be turned to face a different direction:"they had been practicing firing at multiple targets, using the power traverse"
- the sideways movement of a part in a machine.
- a single line of survey, usually plotted from compass bearings and chained or paced distances between angular points.
- a tract surveyed by traversing.
- militarya pair of right-angled bends incorporated in a trench to avoid enfilading fire:"he crept up and threw a grenade over the traverse"
- variant spelling of travers
adjectivetraverse (adjective)- (of a curtain rod) allowing the curtain to be opened and closed by sliding it along the rod.
OriginMiddle English (in traverse): from Old French traverser, from late Latin traversare; the noun is from Old French travers (masculine), traverse (feminine), partly based on traverser.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- travel across or through:
- extend across or through:
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