| transect | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. transect | cut across or divide transversely.; "the trails transect the property" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| traverse | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. crossbeam, crosspiece, trave, traverse | a horizontal beam that extends across something. |
| ~ beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. transom, traverse | a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it. |
| ~ crosspiece | a transverse brace. |
| n. (act) | 3. traversal, traverse | taking a zigzag path on skis. |
| ~ crossing | traveling across. |
| ~ skiing | a sport in which participants must travel on skis. |
| n. (act) | 4. traversal, traverse | travel across. |
| ~ travel, traveling, travelling | the act of going from one place to another.; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" |
| v. (motion) | 5. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ tramp | cross on foot.; "We had to tramp the creeks" |
| ~ stride | cover or traverse by taking long steps.; "She strode several miles towards the woods" |
| ~ walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random. |
| ~ ford | cross a river where it's shallow. |
| ~ bridge | cross over on a bridge. |
| ~ jaywalk | cross the road at a red light. |
| ~ drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle.; "We drive the turnpike to work" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ course | move swiftly through or over.; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
| ~ hop | traverse as if by a short airplane trip.; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" |
| v. (stative) | 6. cross, span, sweep, traverse | to cover or extend over an area or time period.; "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" |
| ~ cover, extend, continue | span an interval of distance, space or time.; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" |
| v. (communication) | 7. deny, traverse | deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit. |
| ~ practice of law, law | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.; "he studied law at Yale" |
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