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traverse
verb traversed, traversing
    1. To go across or through something.
      Thesaurus: cross over, pass through, move over.
    2. To lie or reach across.
      Example: A bridge traverses the deep gorge
    tr & intr
    3. To climb, walk or ski at an angle across (a slope) rather than straight up or down.
    intr
    4. To move sideways or to one side.
    5. To examine or consider (a subject, problem, etc) carefully and thoroughly.
    6a. To move (a large gun or its barrel) to one side while keeping it horizontal;
    intr
    6b. Said of a large gun or its barrel: to move to one side.
    7. To oppose or thwart.
    8. To survey by traverse.
noun
    1. An act or the process of crossing or traversing.
    2. A path or passage across eg a rock face or slope.
    3. Something that lies across.
    4. A sideways movement.
    5. The movement of the barrel of a large gun to one side while being kept horizontal.
    6. A survey carried out by measuring straight lines from point to point and the angles between.
    7. An obstruction.
Derivative: traversable
adj
    Derivative: traversal
    noun
      Derivative: traversed
      adj
        Derivative: traverser
        noun
          Derivative: traversing
          adj, noun
            Etymology: 14c: from French traverser.



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