TRAVERSE
Dictionary entry overview: What does traverse mean?
• TRAVERSE (noun)
The noun TRAVERSE has 4 senses:
1. a horizontal beam that extends across something
2. a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
3. taking a zigzag path on skis
4. travel across
Familiarity information: TRAVERSE used as a noun is uncommon.
• TRAVERSE (verb)
The verb TRAVERSE has 3 senses:
1. travel across or pass over
2. to cover or extend over an area or time period
3. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Familiarity information: TRAVERSE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TRAVERSE (noun)
Meaning:
A horizontal beam that extends across something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
crossbeam; crosspiece; trave; traverse
Hypernyms ("traverse" is a kind of...):
beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)
Meaning:
A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
traverse; transom
Hypernyms ("traverse" is a kind of...):
crosspiece (a transverse brace)
Meaning:
Taking a zigzag path on skis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
traversal; traverse
Hypernyms ("traverse" is a kind of...):
crossing (traveling across)
Holonyms ("traverse" is a part of...):
skiing (a sport in which participants must travel on skis)
Meaning:
Travel across
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
traversal; traverse
Hypernyms ("traverse" is a kind of...):
travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)
• TRAVERSE (verb)
Meaning:
Travel across or pass over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
traverse; cross; cut across; cut through; get over; get across; pass over; track; cover
Context example:
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
Hypernyms (to "traverse" is one way to...):
go across; go through; pass (go across or through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "traverse"):
course (move swiftly through or over)
drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)
jaywalk (cross the road at a red light)
bridge (cross over on a bridge)
ford (cross a river where it's shallow)
crisscross (cross in a pattern, often random)
walk (traverse or cover by walking)
stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)
tramp (cross on foot)
hop (make a quick trip especially by air)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
To cover or extend over an area or time period
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
span; traverse; cross; sweep
Context examples:
Rivers traverse the valley floor / The parking lot spans 3 acres / The novel spans three centuries
Hypernyms (to "traverse" is one way to...):
continue; cover; extend (span an interval of distance, space or time)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
traverse; deny
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
