traverse

🇺🇸 /trəˈvɜːrs/ 🇬🇧 /trəˈvɜːs/
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verb
R

to go across or through an area

The hikers traversed the forest to reach the other side.

noun
R

the act of moving sideways across a steep slope

The climbers executed a traverse to avoid the vertical section of the cliff.

translation

v. to go across or through an area
n. the act of moving sideways across a steep slope

Word Forms

3rd Present traverses
Progressive traversing
Past traversed
Perfect traversed
Plural traverses