Words Like TRAVERSE
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to TRAVERSE.
    
    
    
        
            20 Alternative Words Similar to traverse
   
            
               
            
            
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        Jaywalk
    
    
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        6 examples of traverse
           
        
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        paths cut with traverse trenches
    
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        to traverse the habitable globe
    
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        to traverse a cannon
    
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        to traverse a board
    
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        The parking lot spans 3 acres
    
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        The novel spans three centuries
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of traverse
           
        
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        Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
    
    
    
 
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        Athwart; across; crosswise.
    
    
    
 
    3
    
        Anything that traverses, or crosses.
    
    
    
 
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        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.
    
    
    
 
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        A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like.
    
    
    
 
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        A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
    
    
    
 
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        A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work.
    
    
    
 
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        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.
    
    
    
 
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        The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
    
    
    
 
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        A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.