Definition of traverse

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Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing..

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Round :: Round (n.) A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
Rheophore :: Rheophore (n.) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current..
Keel :: Keel (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.
Unthread :: Unthread (v. t.) To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) One who traverses, or denies..
Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing..
Traverse :: 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..
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..
Traverse :: 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..
Traverser :: Traverser (n.) A traverse table. See under Traverse, n..
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
Jump :: Jump (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
Passable :: Passable (a.) Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats..
Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets..
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