Definition of traverse

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Traverse (v. i.) To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other..

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Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Trance :: Trance (v. t.) To pass over or across; to traverse.
Gabionade :: Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse..
Travel :: Travel (v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent..
Wander :: Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Voyage :: Voyage (v. t.) To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope..
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Radiograph :: Radiograph (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
Pathfinder :: Pathfinder (n.) One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..
Bowshot :: Bowshot (n.) The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work..
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