Traverse

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To travel or pass across, over, or through.
  • intransitive verb. To move to and fro over; cross and recross.
  • intransitive verb. To go up, down, or across (a slope) diagonally, as in skiing.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to move laterally on a pivot; swivel.
  • intransitive verb. To extend across; cross.
  • intransitive verb. To look over carefully; examine.
  • intransitive verb. To go counter to; thwart.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a lawsuit.
  • intransitive verb. To join issue upon (an indictment).
  • intransitive verb. To survey by traverse.
  • intransitive verb. To brace (a yard) fore and aft.
  • intransitive verb. To move to the side or back and forth.
  • intransitive verb. To turn laterally; swivel.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To go up, down, or across a slope diagonally or in a zigzag manner, as in skiing.
  • intransitive verb. To slide one's blade with pressure toward the hilt of the opponent's foil in fencing.
  • noun. A passing across, over, or through.
  • noun. A route or path across or over.
  • noun. Something that lies across, especially.
  • noun. An intersecting line; a transversal.
  • noun. A structural crosspiece; a transom.
  • noun. A gallery, deck, or loft crossing from one side of a building to the other.
  • noun. A railing, curtain, screen, or similar barrier.
  • noun. A defensive barrier across a rampart or trench, as a bank of earth thrown up to protect against enfilade fire.
  • noun. Something that obstructs and thwarts; an obstacle.
  • noun. The zigzag route of a vessel forced by contrary winds to sail on different courses.
  • noun. A zigzag or diagonal course on a steep slope, as in skiing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A lateral movement, as of a lathe tool across a piece of wood.
  • noun. A part of a mechanism that moves in this manner.
  • noun. The lateral swivel of a mounted gun.
  • noun. A line established by sighting in surveying a tract of land.
  • noun. A formal denial of the opposing party's allegation of fact in a lawsuit.
  • adjective. Lying or extending across; transverse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cause to move across; propel.
  • Situated or acting across or athwart; thwart; transverse; crossing.
  • In heraldry, crossing the escutcheon from side to side, so as to touch both the dexter and sinister edges.
  • noun. Anything that traverses or crosses; a bar or barrier
  • noun. A railing or lattice of wood or metal.
  • noun. A seat or stall in a church with a lattice, curtain, or screen before it.
  • noun. A strong beam of hard wood laid across several loose pieces of square timber, and having these pieces secured to it so as to form a crib; also, a transverse piece in a timber-framed roof.
  • noun. In weaving, a skeleton frame to hold the bobbins of yarn, which are wound from it upon the warp-frame.
  • noun. That which thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; an untoward accident.
  • noun. A dispute; a controversy.
  • noun. In fortification, an earthen mask, similar to a parapet, thrown across the covered way of a permanent work to protect it from the effects of an enfilading five.
  • noun. The act of traversing or traveling over; a passage; a crossing.
  • noun. In gunnery, the turning of a gun so as to make it point in any required direction.
  • noun. Nautical, the crooked or zigzag line or track described by a ship when compelled by contrary winds or currents to sail on different courses. See traverse sailing, under sailing.
  • Word Usage
    "Where i live in traverse city the season start is quite chilly this year so i dont exactly know if that would be true."
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