traverse

Etymology
From, from , from + , perfect passive participle of.

Pronunciation
All parts of speech: Alternative noun pronunciation:

Noun

 * 1)  A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
 * 2)  A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
 * 3)  A screen or partition.
 * 4) Something that thwarts or obstructs.
 * He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.
 * 1)  A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
 * 2)  A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
 * 3)  The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
 * 4)  A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
 * 5)  In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
 * 6)  A traverse board.
 * 1)  A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
 * 2)  In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
 * 3)  A traverse board.
 * 1)  A traverse board.

Translations

 * Hungarian: keresztsánc
 * Irish: taobhfort
 * Maori:

Verb

 * 1)  To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
 * 2)  To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
 * 3) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
 * 4)  To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
 * 5)  To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
 * 6)  To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
 * 7) To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
 * 8) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
 * 9) * 1675,, Of the odious Sin of Ingratitude (A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon, October 17, 1675)
 * My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice—ingratitude.
 * 1)  To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
 * 2)  To deny formally.
 * 3)  To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
 * 1) To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
 * 2) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
 * 3) * 1675,, Of the odious Sin of Ingratitude (A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon, October 17, 1675)
 * My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice—ingratitude.
 * 1)  To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
 * 2)  To deny formally.
 * 3)  To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
 * My purpose is to traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice—ingratitude.
 * 1)  To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
 * 2)  To deny formally.
 * 3)  To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
 * 1)  To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
 * 1)  To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِجْتَازَ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: عدى
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: at traversere
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: περάω
 * Hungarian:, , , megtesz (utat​/​távot)
 * Italian: traversare
 * Latin:, peragrō, , relego
 * Manx: troailt
 * Maori: topetope, topetope, tāwhai, hōpara, tāroi, umiki
 * Old French: trespasser
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: chimpay
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Urdu: پار کرنا
 * Volapük:


 * Danish: at traversere
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Adverb

 * 1) athwart; across; crosswise

Adjective

 * 1) Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
 * paths cut with traverse trenches

Etymology 1
From, feminine of.

Noun

 * 1) crossing
 * 2)  obstacle, hurdle
 * 3)  sleeper (UK), tie (US)
 * 1)  sleeper (UK), tie (US)

Etymology 2
Inflected forms.