Traverse Meaning and Definition

Word: Traverse

How to pronounce: ˈtrævɜːs

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Travel across or through.

Example sentences: "He traversed the forest"

2. Move (something) back and forth or sideways.

Example sentences: "A probe is traversed along the tunnel"

3. Deny (an allegation) in pleading.

Example sentences: "The plaintiff must assert certain facts which, if traversed, he would be put to prove"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An act of traversing something.

Example sentences: "High-level walks in the Dolomites often involve steep, exposed climbs, traverses, and descents"

2. A part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something.

Example sentences: "There were three jewels in the traverse of the cross and four in the body"

3. A mechanism enabling a large gun to be turned to face a different direction.

Example sentences: "They had been practicing firing at multiple targets, using the power traverse"

4. A single line of survey, usually plotted from compass bearings and chained or paced distances between angular points.

5. A pair of right-angled bends incorporated in a trench to avoid enfilading fire.

Example sentences: "He crept up and threw a grenade over the traverse"

6. Variant spelling of travers

Adjective

Definitions:

1. (of a curtain rod) allowing the curtain to be opened and closed by sliding it along the rod.

Example sentences: "There is so much on the market today - decorative traverse rods, pole sets, metal or wood rods."

Synonyms:

cross beam

spreader bar

cross member

transom

pass

move

pass over

get across

cover

cross

intersection

intersect

cut across

crosspiece

crossbeam

track

deny

Derivations:

traversing

traversed

traversal

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Traverse in Other Languages...

Spanish: Atravesar

German: Durchqueren

French: Traverser

Italian: Attraversare

Turkish: Travers