ALL meanings of traversing
trav·erse
T t - verb with object traversing to pass or move over, along, or through. 1
- verb with object traversing to go to and fro over or along. 1
- verb with object traversing to extend across or over: A bridge traverses the stream. 1
- verb with object traversing 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 traversing to ski across (a hill or slope). 1
- verb with object traversing to cause to move laterally. 1
- verb with object traversing to look over, examine, or consider carefully; review; survey. 1
- verb with object traversing to go counter to; obstruct; thwart. 1
- verb with object traversing to contradict or deny. 1
- verb with object traversing 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 traversing to turn and point (a gun) in any direction. 1
- verb without object traversing to pass along or go across something; cross: a point in the river where we could traverse. 1
- verb without object traversing to ski across a hill or slope on a diagonal. 1
- verb without object traversing to turn laterally, as a gun. 1
- verb without object traversing Fencing. to glide the blade toward the hilt of the contestant's foil while applying pressure to the blade. 1
- noun traversing the act of passing across, over, or through. 1
- noun traversing something that crosses, obstructs, or thwarts; obstacle. 1
- noun traversing a transversal or similar line. 1
- noun traversing a place where one may traverse or cross; crossing. 1
- noun traversing Architecture. a transverse gallery or loft of communication in a church or other large building. 1
- noun traversing a bar, strip, rod, or other structural part placed or extending across; crosspiece; crossbar. 1
- noun traversing a railing, lattice, or screen serving as a barrier. 1
- noun traversing 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 traversing 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 traversing Gunnery. the horizontal turning of a gun so as to make it point in any required direction. 1
- noun traversing 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 traversing 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 traversing Law. a formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the other side. 1
- adjective traversing lying, extending, or passing across; transverse. 1