1. Travel across or pass over
   "The caravan traversed almost 100 miles each day";
   - track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
    
2. To cover or extend over an area or time period
   "Rivers traverse the valley floor";
   - cross, span, sweep
    
3. Contradict formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
   "The defendant traversed the plaintiff's claims";
   - deny
    
4. (computing) systematically visit all elements in a data structure
   "The algorithm traversed the binary tree to find the maximum value"

1. Act of moving across, through, or over something
   "The traverse of the mountain range took several days";
   - traversal
    
2. A horizontal beam that extends across something
   "The carpenter installed a traverse to support the ceiling";
   - trave, crossbeam, crosspiece
    
3. A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
   "The traverse above the door allowed extra light into the room";
   - transom
    
4. Taking a zigzag path on skis
   "The skier's expert traverse down the steep slope was impressive to watch";
   - traversal

Derived forms: traversed, traverses, traversing

Type of: beam, continue, contradict, contravene, cover, crossing, crosspiece, extend, negate, pass, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: skiing

Encyclopedia: Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine