"traverse" meaning in English

See traverse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɹəˈvɝs/ [General-American], /tɹəˈvɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹævɚs/ [General-American], /ˈtɹævəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-traverse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more traverse [comparative], most traverse [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|traversen}} Middle English traversen, {{der|en|fro|traverser}} Old French traverser, {{der|en|la|trans|t=across}} Latin trans (“across”), {{m|la|versus|t=turned}} versus (“turned”), {{der|en|la|vertere|t=to turn}} Latin vertere (“to turn”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} traverse (comparative more traverse, superlative most traverse)
  1. Lying across; being in a direction across something else. Derived forms: traverse drill
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-adj-NGUEXIM-

Adverb

IPA: /tɹəˈvɝs/ [General-American], /tɹəˈvɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹævɚs/ [General-American], /ˈtɹævəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-traverse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more traverse [comparative], most traverse [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|traversen}} Middle English traversen, {{der|en|fro|traverser}} Old French traverser, {{der|en|la|trans|t=across}} Latin trans (“across”), {{m|la|versus|t=turned}} versus (“turned”), {{der|en|la|vertere|t=to turn}} Latin vertere (“to turn”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} traverse (comparative more traverse, superlative most traverse)
  1. athwart; across; crosswise
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-adv-sKjw-qW3

Noun

IPA: /tɹəˈvɝs/ [General-American], /tɹəˈvɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹævɚs/ [General-American], /ˈtɹævəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-traverse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: traverses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|traversen}} Middle English traversen, {{der|en|fro|traverser}} Old French traverser, {{der|en|la|trans|t=across}} Latin trans (“across”), {{m|la|versus|t=turned}} versus (“turned”), {{der|en|la|vertere|t=to turn}} Latin vertere (“to turn”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} traverse (plural traverses)
  1. (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent. Categories (topical): Climbing
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-emI8pcWr Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 1 12 4 2 4 13 15 6 2 1 13 3 4 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 1 19 6 2 3 7 9 6 3 2 12 4 5 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 4 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (surveying) 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. Categories (topical): Surveying
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-gcCfNfv7 Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
  3. (obsolete) A screen or partition. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-fm0Gh4HB
  4. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-WflFzhes
  5. (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-bSphj9AX Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 1 12 4 2 4 13 15 6 2 1 13 3 4 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 3 Topics: architecture
  6. (law) 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). Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-PUDQJNHl Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 1 12 4 2 4 13 15 6 2 1 13 3 4 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 3 Topics: law
  7. (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-FYW8Ltn0 Topics: nautical, transport
  8. (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-LwLB0Hbh Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  9. (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade. Categories (topical): Military, Gaits Translations (an angle in a defensive trench to prevent enfilade): keresztsánc (Hungarian), taobhfort [masculine] (Irish), niho (Maori)
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-u~3BgzSM Disambiguation of Gaits: 2 1 7 8 3 3 2 3 3 2 18 6 6 3 4 4 6 5 3 4 3 1 4 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'an angle in a defensive trench to prevent enfilade': 9 5 2 1 3 5 5 4 65 2
  10. (nautical) A traverse board. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-noun-roo~G7z~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 13 3 2 5 8 10 8 2 1 18 3 5 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 1 12 4 2 4 13 15 6 2 1 13 3 4 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 3 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 2 2 10 3 1 5 8 8 7 3 2 16 7 4 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /tɹəˈvɝs/ [General-American], /tɹəˈvɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹævɚs/ [General-American], /ˈtɹævəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-traverse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: traverses [present, singular, third-person], traversing [participle, present], traversed [participle, past], traversed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|traversen}} Middle English traversen, {{der|en|fro|traverser}} Old French traverser, {{der|en|la|trans|t=across}} Latin trans (“across”), {{m|la|versus|t=turned}} versus (“turned”), {{der|en|la|vertere|t=to turn}} Latin vertere (“to turn”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} traverse (third-person singular simple present traverses, present participle traversing, simple past and past participle traversed)
  1. (transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions. Tags: transitive Translations (to travel across, often under difficult conditions): περάω (peráō) (Ancient Greek), اِجْتَازَ (ijtāza) (Arabic), عَبَرَ (ʕabara) (Arabic), عدى (ʕada) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), прекосявам (prekosjavam) (Bulgarian), recórrer (Catalan), 遍歷 (Chinese Mandarin), 遍历 (biànlì) (Chinese Mandarin), překročit [perfective] (Czech), přejít [perfective] (Czech), přejet [perfective] (Czech), at traversere (Danish), doorkruisen (Dutch), doorreizen (Dutch), kulkea (Finnish), franchir (French), traverser (French), durchkreuzen (German), durchqueren (German), überqueren (German), διασχίζω (diaschízo) (Greek), διατρέχω (diatrécho) (Greek), átkel (Hungarian), áthalad (Hungarian), keresztülmegy (Hungarian), megtesz (utat/távot) (Hungarian), traversare (Italian), trānseō (Latin), peragrō (Latin), ambulo (Latin), relego (Latin), troailt (Manx), topetope (Maori), tāwhai (Maori), hōpara (Maori), tāroi (Maori), umiki (Maori), trespasser (Old French), trawersować (Polish), atravessar (Portuguese), transir (Portuguese), chimpay (Quechua), преодолева́ть (preodolevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), преодоле́ть (preodolétʹ) (english: to overcome) [perfective] (Russian), пересека́ть (peresekátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пересе́чь (pereséčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), переходи́ть (perexodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перейти́ (perejtí) [perfective] (Russian), तरति (tarati) (Sanskrit), atravesar (Spanish), پار کرنا (Urdu), dugolön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-lY7Cwrr8 Disambiguation of 'to travel across, often under difficult conditions': 59 2 4 2 2 11 3 4 11 2 1
  2. (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly): at traversere (Danish), läpikäydä (Finnish), διατρέχω (diatrécho) (Greek), bejár (Hungarian), обходи́ть (obxodítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обойти́ (obojtí) (english: to go all around) [perfective] (Russian), recorrer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-CJRPIY2n Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly': 5 79 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2
  3. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-ZL~p9YVt
  4. (weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target. Categories (topical): Artillery
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-HusZe2Sk Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  5. (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope). Categories (topical): Climbing
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-Sh~YUTb3 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate. Categories (topical): Engineering, Skiing
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-5o-aTbez Topics: engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, skiing, sports
  7. To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-9t6qzxzf
  8. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-lRNEEGRi
  9. (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood. Categories (topical): Carpentry
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-t0wJU4E3 Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing
  10. (law) To deny formally. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-rfcLKxi~ Topics: law
  11. (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Fencing
    Sense id: en-traverse-en-verb-f-xjPaK- Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: traversing platform

Inflected forms

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Court",
          "text": "Than sholde ye see there pressynge in a pace / Of one and other that wolde this lady see, / Whiche sat behynde a traves of sylke fyne, / Of golde of tessew the fynest that myghte be […]",
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          "ref": "1613, Francis Beaumont, The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn",
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        "A screen or partition."
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        "(obsolete) A screen or partition."
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        "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)."
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      "roman": "ijtāza",
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      "word": "اِجْتَازَ"
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      "word": "recórrer"
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      "code": "cs",
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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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      "word": "doorkruisen"
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      "word": "doorreizen"
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      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "kulkea"
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      "word": "franchir"
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      "word": "durchkreuzen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "durchqueren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "überqueren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "διασχίζω"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "word": "διατρέχω"
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "peráō",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "περάω"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "átkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "áthalad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "keresztülmegy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "megtesz (utat/távot)"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "traversare"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "trānseō"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "peragrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "ambulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "relego"
    },
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "troailt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "topetope"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "topetope"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "tāwhai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "hōpara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "tāroi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "umiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fro",
      "lang": "Old French",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "trespasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "trawersować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "atravessar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "transir"
    },
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      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "chimpay"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preodolevátʹ",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "преодолева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "to overcome",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preodolétʹ",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "преодоле́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peresekátʹ",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пересека́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereséčʹ",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пересе́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perexodítʹ",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perejtí",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перейти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tarati",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "तरति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "atravesar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "پار کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to travel across, often under difficult conditions",
      "word": "dugolön"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
      "word": "at traversere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
      "word": "läpikäydä"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diatrécho",
      "sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
      "word": "διατρέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
      "word": "bejár"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obxodítʹ",
      "sense": "computing: to visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обходи́ть"
    },
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      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "recorrer"
    }
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}

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