1. • noun - a horizontal beam that extends across something
   • noun - a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
   • noun - taking a zigzag path on skis
   • noun - travel across
   • verb - travel across or pass over
   • verb - to cover or extend over an area or time period
   • verb - deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
2. • To travel or pass across, over, or through.
   • To move to and fro over; cross and recross.
   • To go up, down, or across (a slope) diagonally, as in skiing.
   • To cause to move laterally on a pivot; swivel: traverse an artillery piece.
   • To extend across; cross: a bridge that traverses a river.
   • To look over carefully; examine.
   • To go counter to; thwart.
   • Law.
   • To deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a suit.
   • To join issue upon (an indictment).
   • To survey by traverse.
   • To brace (a yard) fore and aft.
   • To move to the side or back and forth.
   • To turn laterally; swivel.
   • Sports.
   • To go up, down, or across a slope diagonally or in a zigzag manner, as in skiing.
   • To slide one’s blade with pressure toward the hilt of the opponent’s foil in fencing.
   • A passing across, over, or through.
   • A route or path across or over.
   • An intersecting line; a transversal.
   • A structural crosspiece; a transom.
   • A gallery, deck, or loft crossing from one side of a building to the other.
   • A railing, curtain, screen, or similar barrier.
   • A defensive barrier across a rampart or trench, as a bank of earth thrown up to protect against enfilade fire.
   • Something that obstructs and thwarts; an obstacle.
   • The zigzag route of a vessel forced by contrary winds to sail on different courses.
   • A zigzag or diagonal course on a steep slope, as in skiing.
   • A lateral movement, as of a lathe tool across a piece of wood.
   • A part of a mechanism that moves in this manner.
   • The lateral swivel of a mounted gun.
   • A line established by sighting in surveying a tract of land.
   • A formal denial of the opposing party’s allegation of fact in a suit.
3. • v - to pass across or through

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