traverse

Nouns

  • (n) a horizontal beam that extends across something crossbeam, crosspiece, trave,
  • (n) a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it transom,
  • (n) taking a zigzag path on skis traversal,
  • (n) travel across traversal,

Verbs

  • (v) travel across or pass over
    • The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
    cross, cut across, cut through, get over, get across, pass over, track, cover,
  • (v) to cover or extend over an area or time period
    • Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres
    • The novel spans three centuries
    span, cross, sweep,
  • (v) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit deny,

Synonyms

crossbeam crosspiece trave cross cut across cut through get over get across pass over track cover transom span sweep deny traversal

Words of close approximity

Traverse City traverser