traverse

Noun

• travel across

• taking a zigzag path on skis

• a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

• a horizontal beam that extends across something

Verb

• deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

• 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
    

• travel across or pass over
  • The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  traversal , transom , trave , crossbeam , crosspiece , deny , cross , span , sweep , track , cover , pass over , get over , get across , cut through , cut across