Defenition of the word traverse
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Defenition of the word traverse
- To go beyond, to pass here.
- to cover a wide area; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"
- a horizontal piece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- travel across
- taking a zigzag path on skis
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- 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"
- travel across or pass over
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
Synonyms for the word traverse
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- cover
- cross
- crossbeam
- crosspiece
- cut across
- cut through
- deny
- get across
- get over
- go across
- go over
- navigate
- negotiate
- pass over
- pass through
- span
- sweep
- track
- transom
- trave
- traversal
Similar words in the traverse
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- traverse
- traversed
- traverses
Meronymys for the word traverse
Hyponyms for the word traverse
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- bridge
- course
- crisscross
- drive
- ford
- hop
- jaywalk
- stride
- take
- tramp
- walk
Hypernyms for the word traverse
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- beam
- continue
- cover
- crossing
- crosspiece
- extend
- go across
- go through
- pass
- peregrination
- travel
- traveling
- travelling
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