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"ref": "1737, Alexander Pope, First Epistle on the Second Book of Horace, lines 396–397; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 197:",
"text": "What seas you travers'd, and what fields you fought! / Your country's peace how oft, how dearly bought!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619:",
"text": "Here the line is joined by the Colne Valley branch, and both tracks are carried into Haverhill station upon a high embankment from which the town can be seen on the south side. The twin tracks, after traversing a scissors crossover, become the down and up roads through the station, which possesses an extensive goods yard.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, pages 56–57:",
"text": "The journey is worth an article in itself, but all I can give is a flavour of a railway which traverses a bleak but dramatic coastline that's regularly battered by the elements - especially around Parton, where the line is constantly threatened by the sea.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-lY7Cwrr8",
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[
"go through",
"go through"
],
[
"pass through",
"pass through"
],
[
"particularly",
"particularly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions."
],
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"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ijtāza",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "اِجْتَازَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕabara",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "عَبَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕada",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "عدى"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prekosjavam",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "прекосявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "recórrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "遍歷"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biànlì",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "遍历"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "překročit"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přejít"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přejet"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "at traversere"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "doorkruisen"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "doorreizen"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "kulkea"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "franchir"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "traverser"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "durchkreuzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "durchqueren"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "überqueren"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diaschízo",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "διασχίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diatrécho",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "διατρέχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "peráō",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "περάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "átkel"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "áthalad"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "keresztülmegy"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "megtesz (utat/távot)"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "traversare"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "trānseō"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "peragrō"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "ambulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "relego"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "troailt"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "topetope"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "tāwhai"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "hōpara"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "tāroi"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "umiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "trespasser"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "trawersować"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "atravessar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "transir"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "chimpay"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preodolevátʹ",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "преодолева́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to overcome",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preodolétʹ",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "преодоле́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "peresekátʹ",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пересека́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pereséčʹ",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пересе́чь"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perexodítʹ",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "переходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perejtí",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "перейти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "tarati",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "तरति"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "atravesar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "پار کرنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "dugolön"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"text": "to traverse all nodes in a network",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-CJRPIY2n",
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"explore",
"explore"
],
[
"thoroughly",
"thoroughly"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 83 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
"word": "at traversere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
"word": "läpikäydä"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diatrécho",
"sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
"word": "διατρέχω"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
"word": "bejár"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obxodítʹ",
"sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to go all around",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obojtí",
"sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обойти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 83 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
"word": "recorrer"
}
]
},
{
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{
"ref": "1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "The parts should be often traversed, or crossed, by the flowing of the folds.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lay in a cross direction; to cross."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-ZL~p9YVt"
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Artillery",
"orig": "en:Artillery",
"parents": [
"Weapons",
"Hunting",
"Military",
"Tools",
"Human activity",
"Society",
"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to traverse a cannon",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-HusZe2Sk",
"links": [
[
"weaponry",
"weaponry"
],
[
"rotate",
"rotate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target."
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"government",
"military",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"politics",
"tools",
"war",
"weaponry"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Climbing",
"orig": "en:Climbing",
"parents": [
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope)."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-Sh~YUTb3",
"links": [
[
"climbing",
"climbing#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope)."
],
"topics": [
"climbing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Engineering",
"orig": "en:Engineering",
"parents": [
"Applied sciences",
"Technology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Skiing",
"orig": "en:Skiing",
"parents": [
"Winter sports",
"Sports",
"Winter activities",
"Human activity",
"Winter",
"Human behaviour",
"Seasons",
"Human",
"Nature",
"Periodic occurrences",
"All topics",
"Time",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the road traversed the face of the ridge as the right-of-way climbed the mountain",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-5o-aTbez",
"links": [
[
"engineering",
"engineering#Noun"
],
[
"skiing",
"skiing#Noun"
],
[
"incline",
"incline"
],
[
"gradient",
"gradient"
],
[
"slope",
"slope"
],
[
"face",
"face"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate."
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"skiing",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter II, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 74:",
"text": "The well meaning Prieſt ſuffered him to deceive himſelf, fully determined to traverſe his views, inſtead of ſeconding them.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:",
"text": "I cannot but […] admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To act against; to thwart or obstruct."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-9t6qzxzf",
"links": [
[
"thwart",
"thwart"
],
[
"obstruct",
"obstruct"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1675, Robert South, Of the odious Sin of Ingratitude (A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon, October 17, 1675)",
"text": "My purpose is to […] traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice—ingratitude."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pass over and view; to survey carefully."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-lRNEEGRi"
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Carpentry",
"orig": "en:Carpentry",
"parents": [
"Construction",
"Woodworking",
"Architecture",
"Engineering",
"Crafts",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Technology",
"Society",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to traverse a board",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-t0wJU4E3",
"links": [
[
"carpentry",
"carpentry"
],
[
"plane",
"plane"
],
[
"grain",
"grain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"carpentry",
"construction",
"manufacturing"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “Epistle the Thirteenth. To My Honoured Kinsman, John Dryden, of Chesterton, in the County of Huntingdon, Esq”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 186:",
"text": "Without their coſt, you terminate the cauſe; / And ſave th' expence of long litigious laws: / Where ſuits are travers'd; and ſo little won, / That he who conquers, is but laſt undone: […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deny formally."
],
"id": "en-traverse-en-verb-rfcLKxi~",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"deny",
"deny"
],
[
"formally",
"formally"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) To deny formally."
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fencing",
"orig": "en:Fencing",
"parents": [
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "遍歷"
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"roman": "biànlì",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
"word": "durchkreuzen"
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{
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"word": "traverse drill"
}
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"expansion": "Old French traverser",
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"t": "across"
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"expansion": "Latin trans (“across”)",
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"3": "vertere",
"t": "to turn"
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"expansion": "Latin vertere (“to turn”)",
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{
"form": "more traverse",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
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"form": "most traverse",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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"trav‧erse"
],
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{
"text": "paths cut with traverse trenches"
},
{
"ref": "1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:",
"text": "Oak […] being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:",
"text": "the ridges of the fallow field lay trauerse",
"type": "quote"
}
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"Lying across; being in a direction across something else."
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}
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"ipa": "/tɹəˈvɝs/",
"tags": [
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"ipa": "/tɹəˈvɜːs/",
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"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)s"
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"ipa": "/ˈtɹævɚs/",
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