Crossword-Solution: TRAVERSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Traverse | a. | Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. |
| Traverse | adv. | Athwart; across; crosswise. |
| Traverse | a. | Anything that traverses, or crosses. |
| 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. |
| Traverse | a. | A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like. |
| Traverse | a. | A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building. |
| Traverse | a. | A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work. |
| Traverse | a. | 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; that is, without this which follows. |
| Traverse | a. | The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course. |
| Traverse | a. | A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal. |
| Traverse | a. | A line surveyed across a plot of ground. |
| Traverse | a. | The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction. |
| Traverse | a. | A turning; a trick; a subterfuge. |
| Traverse | a. | To lay in a cross direction; to cross. |
| Traverse | a. | To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught. |
| Traverse | a. | To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe. |
| Traverse | a. | To pass over and view; to survey carefully. |
| Traverse | a. | To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon. |
| Traverse | a. | To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board. |
| Traverse | a. | To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it. |
| Traverse | v. i. | To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing. |
| Traverse | v. i. | To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide. |
| Traverse | v. i. | To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TRAVERSE | anagram | AVERTERS |
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Sentences with TRAVERSE (5)
But to traverse the surrounding country, and to enter the guarded city of Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol, were two very different things.
They sell their services wherever war exists, and in the occasional brief intervals when there is no organized warfare between the red nations, they join one of the numerous expeditions that are constantly being dispatched against the green men in protection of the waterways that traverse the wilder portions of the globe.
Never again shall I miss an opportunity to traverse it, for it has given me the first real entertainment I have had since I left Africa.” “It may give you more than you will relish even without another visit,” said D’Arnot.
But how was he to span the crocodile-infested waters? There was no canoe nearer than the Mosula village, and Paulvitch was none too sure that the Kincaid would still be at anchor in the river when he returned should he take the time to traverse the jungle to the distant village and return with a canoe.
From the prisoners Captain Jacot permitted his mind to traverse the remaining miles of sand to the little garrison post where, upon the morrow, he should find awaiting him with eager welcome his wife and little daughter.
Quotes with TRAVERSE (3)
There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry — This Traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of Toll — How frugal is the Chariot That bears a Human soul.
How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.
Sometimes love doesn't look like what we think it should look like. Sometimes it's paradoxical. Sometimes we have to step outside our comfort zone. Sometimes we have to be more honest than we thought we'd ever have to be or more supportive than we are taught is appropriate. When we traverse those boundaries, that's when we really understand what this whole love thing is all about. We become more than just human. We become part of the giant, beautiful ever-changing reality of …
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 24 times in crossword archives (1973–2023).