traverse
1. a horizontal beam that extends across something
• Syn:
trave, crossbeam, crosspiece
• Hypernyms:
beam
2. a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
• Syn:
transom
• Hypernyms:
crosspiece
3. taking a zigzag path on skis
• Syn:
traversal
• Hypernyms:
crossing
• Part Holonyms:
skiing
4. travel across
• Syn:
traversal
• Derivationally related forms:
traverse (for: traversal)
• Hypernyms:
travel, traveling, travelling
1. travel across or pass over (Freq. 4)
- The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
• Syn:
track, cover, cross, pass over, get over,
get across, cut through, cut across
• Derivationally related forms:
crossing (for: cross), track (for: track), traverser, traversal
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Hyponyms:
tramp, stride, walk, crisscross, ford,
bridge, jaywalk, drive, take, course, hop
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. to cover or extend over an area or time period (Freq. 1)
- Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres
- The novel spans three centuries
• Syn:
cross, span, sweep
• Derivationally related forms:
sweep (for: sweep), span (for: span)
• Hypernyms:
cover, continue, extend
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
deny
• Derivationally related forms:
denier (for: deny), denial (for: deny)
• Topics:
law, practice of law
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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