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ALL meanings of traverse

trav·erse
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  • noun traverse a path or road across 0
  • noun traverse the zigzag course of a vessel tacking frequently 0
  • noun traverse the formal denial of a fact alleged in the opposite party's pleading 0
  • noun traverse a survey consisting of a series of straight lines, the length of each and the angle between them being measured 0
  • noun traverse a horizontal move across a face 0
  • adjective traverse being or lying across; transverse 0
  • verb transitive traverse to pass, move, or extend over, across, or through; cross 0
  • verb transitive traverse to go back and forth over or along; cross and recross 0
  • verb transitive traverse to go counter to; oppose; thwart 0
  • verb transitive traverse to survey, inspect, or examine carefully 0
  • verb transitive traverse to turn (a gun, lathe, etc.) laterally; swivel 0
  • verb transitive traverse to make a traverse of in surveying 0
  • verb transitive traverse to deny or contradict formally (something alleged by the opposing party in a lawsuit) 0
  • verb transitive traverse to join issue upon (an indictment) or upon the validity of (an inquest of office) 0
  • intransitive verb traverse to move across; cross over 0
  • intransitive verb traverse to move back and forth over a place, etc.; cross and recross 0
  • intransitive verb traverse to swivel or pivot 0
  • intransitive verb traverse to move across a mountain slope, as in skiing, in an oblique direction 0
  • intransitive verb traverse to make a traverse in surveying 0
  • intransitive verb traverse to move one's blade toward the opponent's hilt while pressing one's foil hard against the opponent's foil 0
  • noun traverse something that traverses or crosses 0
  • noun traverse a line that intersects others 0
  • noun traverse a crossbar, crosspiece, crossbeam, transom, etc. 0
  • noun traverse a parapet or wall of earth, etc. across a rampart or trench 0
  • noun traverse a gallery, loft, etc. crossing a building 0
  • noun traverse a single line of survey across a plot, region, etc. 0
  • noun traverse a screen, curtain, etc. placed crosswise 0
  • noun traverse something that opposes or thwarts; obstacle 0
  • noun traverse the act or an instance of traversing 0
  • noun traverse a passing across or through; crossing 0
  • noun traverse a lateral, pivoting, oblique, or zigzagging movement 0
  • noun traverse a part, device, etc. that causes a traversing movement 0
  • noun traverse a passage by which one may cross; way across 0
  • noun traverse a zigzagging course or route taken by a vessel, as in sailing against the wind 0
  • noun traverse a single leg of such a course 0
  • noun traverse a formal denial in a lawsuit 0
  • adjective traverse passing or extending across; transverse 0
  • adjective traverse designating or of drapes (and the rods and hooks for them) usually hung in pairs that can be drawn together or apart by pulling a cord at the side 0
  • adverb traverse across; crosswise 0
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