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Another word for traverse

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traverse

v.

cross over, move over, pass through; see cross 1.

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Another word for traverse

verb

To go across:
cross, pass, track, transit. See move
To move in a zigzag manner, as on a ski slope:
zigzag. See move, rise
To move, as a gun, laterally:
pivot, swivel. See move
To look at carefully or critically:
check (out), con, examine, go over, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, view. (Informal) case. Idiom: give a going-over. See investigate
To take a stand against:
buck, challenge, contest, dispute, oppose, resist. See support
(Law)
To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of:
contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, oppugn. See affirm

noun

Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage:

bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, clog, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stop, wall. See help, open

adjective

Situated or lying across:

crossing, crosswise, thwart, transversal, transverse. See horizontal

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The rainfall, though moderate, is still sufficient to maintain the supply of water in the great rivers that traverse the country to the Arctic Sea, and to support an abundant vegetation.
Giving him a few minutes to traverse the drive, she got up and went into the kitchen.
Mr Stuart, in 1862, made his third and final attempt to traverse the continent from Adelaide along a central line, which, inclining a little westward, reaches the north coast of Arnheim Land, opposite Melville Island.
"Permission to traverse Hell to get to the underworld," Gabriel said without hesitation.
Groups of dwellings, such as are still to be seen on some of the small canals at Burano, clustered together along the banks of the deeper channels which traverse the lagoon islands and give access to the tide.

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