ALL meanings of traverse
trav·erse
T t - transitive verb traverse travel across 1
- transitive verb traverse extend across 1
- transitive verb traverse cross diagonally 1
- adjective traverse lying across 1
- verb with object traverse to pass or move over, along, or through. 1
- verb with object traverse to go to and fro over or along. 1
- verb with object traverse to extend across or over: A bridge traverses the stream. 1
- verb with object traverse to go up, down, or across (a rope, mountain, hill, etc.) at an angle: The climbers traversed the east face of the mountain. 1
- verb with object traverse to ski across (a hill or slope). 1
- verb with object traverse to cause to move laterally. 1
- verb with object traverse to look over, examine, or consider carefully; review; survey. 1
- verb with object traverse to go counter to; obstruct; thwart. 1
- verb with object traverse to contradict or deny. 1
- verb with object traverse Law. (in the law of pleading) to deny formally (an allegation of fact set forth in a previous pleading). to join issue upon. 1
- verb with object traverse to turn and point (a gun) in any direction. 1
- verb without object traverse to pass along or go across something; cross: a point in the river where we could traverse. 1
- verb without object traverse to ski across a hill or slope on a diagonal. 1
- verb without object traverse to turn laterally, as a gun. 1
- verb without object traverse Fencing. to glide the blade toward the hilt of the contestant's foil while applying pressure to the blade. 1
- noun traverse the act of passing across, over, or through. 1
- noun traverse something that crosses, obstructs, or thwarts; obstacle. 1
- noun traverse a transversal or similar line. 1
- noun traverse a place where one may traverse or cross; crossing. 1
- noun traverse Architecture. a transverse gallery or loft of communication in a church or other large building. 1
- noun traverse a bar, strip, rod, or other structural part placed or extending across; crosspiece; crossbar. 1
- noun traverse a railing, lattice, or screen serving as a barrier. 1
- noun traverse Nautical. the zigzag track of a vessel compelled by contrary winds or currents to sail on different courses. each of the runs in a single direction made in such sailing. 1
- noun traverse Fortification. a defensive barrier, parapet, or the like, placed transversely. a defensive barrier thrown across the terreplein or the covered way of a fortification to protect it from enfilade fire. 1
- noun traverse Gunnery. the horizontal turning of a gun so as to make it point in any required direction. 1
- noun traverse Machinery. the motion of a lathe tool or grinding wheel along a piece of work. a part moving along a piece of work in this way, as the carriage of a lathe. 1
- noun traverse Surveying. a series of intersecting surveyed lines whose lengths and angles of intersection, measured at instrument stations, are recorded graphically on a map and in numerical form in data tables. Compare closed traverse. 1
- noun traverse Law. a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the other side. 1
- adjective traverse lying, extending, or passing across; transverse. 1
- verb traverse If someone or something traverses an area of land or water, they go across it. 0
- verb traverse to pass or go over or back and forth over (something); cross 0
- verb traverse to go against; oppose; obstruct 0
- verb traverse to move or cause to move sideways or crosswise 0
- verb traverse to extend or reach across 0
- verb traverse to turn (an artillery gun) laterally on its pivot or mount or (of an artillery gun) to turn laterally 0
- verb traverse to look over or examine carefully 0
- verb traverse to deny (an allegation of fact), as in pleading 0
- verb traverse to slide one's blade towards an opponent's hilt while applying pressure against his blade 0
- verb traverse to move across (a face) horizontally 0
- verb traverse to brace (a yard) fore and aft 0
- noun traverse something being or lying across, such as a transom 0
- noun traverse a gallery or loft inside a building that crosses it 0
- noun traverse an obstruction or hindrance 0
- noun traverse a protective bank or other barrier across a trench or rampart 0
- noun traverse a railing, screen, or curtain 0
- noun traverse the act or an instance of traversing or crossing 0