Traverse Definition

trə-vûrs, trăvərs
traversed, traverses, traversing
verb
traversed, traverses, traversing
To pass, move, or extend over, across, or through; cross.
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To move back and forth over a place, etc.; cross and recross.
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To go up, down, or across (a slope) diagonally, as in skiing.
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To move across; cross over.
Webster's New World
To swivel or pivot.
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noun
traverses
A passing across, over, or through.
American Heritage
Something that traverses or crosses.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of traversing.
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Something that opposes or thwarts; obstacle.
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A passage by which one may cross; way across.
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adjective
Passing or extending across; transverse.
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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.
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adverb
Across; crosswise.
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Other Word Forms of Traverse

Noun

Singular:
traverse
Plural:
traverses

Origin of Traverse

  • Middle English traversen from Old French traverser from Vulgar Latin trāversāre from Late Latin trānsversāre from Latin trānsversus transverse transverse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin trans across + versus turned, perfect passive participle of vertere, turn

    From Wiktionary

Traverse Sentence Examples

  • Giving him a few minutes to traverse the drive, she got up and went into the kitchen.

  • The rainfall, though moderate, is still sufficient to maintain the supply of water in the great rivers that traverse the country to the Arctic Sea, and to support an abundant vegetation.

  • Mr Stuart, in 1862, made his third and final attempt to traverse the continent from Adelaide along a central line, which, inclining a little westward, reaches the north coast of Arnheim Land, opposite Melville Island.

  • Groups of dwellings, such as are still to be seen on some of the small canals at Burano, clustered together along the banks of the deeper channels which traverse the lagoon islands and give access to the tide.

  • With the exception of Green and Traverse bays, Lake Michigan has few indentations of the coast line, and except at the north end it is free from islands.

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