traverse

Definitions of traverse in various dictionaries:

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

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.

verb - to pass across or through