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traverse

The word “traverse” has 2 syllables: tra-verse

It's pronounced as /trəˈvɜrs/

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In the thesaurus, “traverse” has 49 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for traverse along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for traverse

Meanings of traverse

  • noun
    1. A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
    2. A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
    3. A screen or partition.
    4. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
    5. A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
    6. A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
    7. The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
    8. A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
    9. In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
    10. A traverse board.
  • verb
    1. To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
    2. To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
    3. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
    4. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
    5. , To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
    6. To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
    7. To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
    8. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
    9. To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
    10. To deny formally.
    11. To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
  • adjective
    1. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
  • adverb
    1. Athwart; across; crosswise.

Example Sentences

  • The hikers planned to traverse the mountain range in three days.
  • We must traverse the river before sunset to reach the campsite.
  • Engineers built a bridge to traverse the deep canyon.
  • The expedition will traverse dangerous terrain in search of rare plants.
  • She managed to traverse the crowded streets quickly to catch her train.

On this page you'll find 49 synonyms or another words to traverse, such as: amble, constitutional, course, cover, crisscross, cross, excursion.

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