traverse

/tɹˈævɚs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. travel across or pass over
   “The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day”
2. to cover or extend over an area or time period
   “Rivers traverse the valley floor”
3. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

noun

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

Synonyms for traverse

• track
• cover
• cross
• pass over
• get over
• get across
• cut through
• cut across
• span
• sweep
• deny
• trave
• crossbeam
• crosspiece
• transom
• traversal