traverse
To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditionsTo travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
» Be careful when traversing the country.
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
He will have to traverse the mountain to get to the other side.
durchkreuzen, durchqueren, überqueren
преодолева́тьpreodolevátʹ, преодоле́тьpreodolétʹ, пересека́тьperesekátʹ
travel across or pass over
(transitive)To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
to traverse all nodes in a network
обходи́тьobxodítʹ, обойти́obojtí
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
to traverse a cannon
To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
the road traversed the face of the ridge as the right-of-way climbed the mountain
The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.
To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
to traverse a board
To deny formally.
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
(intransitive)To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
Examples
18 sentencesBe careful when traversing the country.
Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.
deUnbekanntes Terrain zu durchqueren kann schwierig sein.
They were careful when traversing the forest.
Boris traversed the woods in the dark.
They had to traverse an uncharted mountain range.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + veFrom Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).
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Forms
traverses, traversing, traversed, traversedSynonyms
11 synonyms- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit:deny
- travel across or pass over:trackcovercrosspass overget overget acrosscut throughcut across
- to cover or extend over an area or time period:crossspansweep
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle