| NOUN | artifact | traverse, trave, crossbeam, crosspiece | a horizontal beam that extends across something |
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| artifact | traverse, transom | a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it | |
| act | traverse, traversal | taking a zigzag path on skis | |
| act | traverse, traversal | travel across | |
| VERB | motion | traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across | travel across or pass over |
| stative | traverse, cross, span, sweep | to cover or extend over an area or time period | |
| communication | traverse, deny | deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit |
| Sounds | trae'vers; trahver's | |
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| Rhymes | adverse ... worse: 27 rhymes with ers... | |
| Meaning | A horizontal beam that extends across something. | |
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| Synonyms | trave, crossbeam, crosspiece | |
| Broader | beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
| Meaning | A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it. | |
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| Synonym | transom | |
| Broader | crosspiece | A transverse brace |
| Meaning | Taking a zigzag path on skis. | |
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| Synonym | traversal | |
| Part of | skiing | A sport in which participants must travel on skis |
| Broader | crossing | traveling across |
| Meaning | travel across. | |
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| Synonym | traversal | |
| Broader | travel, traveling, travelling | The act of going from one place to another |
| Verbs | traverse | travel across or pass over |
| Meaning | Travel across or pass over. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across | |
| Narrower | bridge | cross over on a bridge |
| course | Move swiftly through or over | |
| crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random | |
| drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle | |
| ford | cross a river where it's shallow | |
| hop | Traverse as if by a short airplane trip | |
| jaywalk | cross the road at a red light | |
| stride | Cover or traverse by taking long steps | |
| tramp | cross on foot | |
| walk | traverse or cover by walking | |
| Broader | pass, go through, go across | go across or through |
| Catalan | creuar, travessar | |
| Spanish | atravesar, cruzar | |
| Nouns | traversal, traverse | travel across |
| traverser | someone who moves or passes across | |
| Meaning | To cover or extend over an area or time period. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres" | |
| Synonyms | cross, span, sweep | |
| Broader | cover, continue, extend | span an interval / interval of distance, space or time |
| Catalan | abraçar, comprendre | |
| Spanish | abarcar | |
| Meaning | deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | deny | |
| Category | law, practice of law | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |