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• n  a horizontal beam that extends across something
• n  a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
• n  taking a zigzag path on skis
• n  travel across
• v  travel across or pass over
• v  to cover or extend over an area or time period
  Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres
• v  deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

• A pair of German merchant ships traverse the fabled Northeast Passage Plenty have tried.
• Anyone who wants to traverse the chamber has to crawl through a tight passage, lighted by a string of dim electric light bulbs, where the dirt has been painstakingly cleared away.
• A pair of German merchant ships traverse the fabled Northeast Passage .

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

News & Articles

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• Grand Traverse Co. Encourages People to Sign Up for Smart 9-1-1
  Grand Traverse County Central Dispatch is now using a new system that could save lives. Smart 9-1-1 was created to help first responders on the scene of emergencies. It's a national service used by
  June 12, 2013 - 9&10 News Cadillac
• Cash, keys taken from Traverse City mayor's unlocked truck
  Traverse City — Someone made off with cash and keys from the Traverse City mayor's unlocked pick-up truck while it was parked outside his home.
  June 12, 2013 - Detroit News
• Traverse City Police Search for Home Invasion Suspect
  Traverse City Police are looking for a man who they say pried off a screen and came in through a woman's bathroom window. It happened on the 200 Block of West Eleventh Street early this morning. The
  June 11, 2013 - 9&10 News Cadillac

Quotes

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• John Howard in The Wimmera Mail Times
  The governor's actions are far beyond the bounds of political gamesmanship. Though his means may be the legal mechanism of a lawsuit, his ends traverse into a dark realm that ultimately seeks to replace the rule of law with rule by a single... Michael Madigan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Madigan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHetdx_B7Kfd7uq9p-q_kX3qLwoQg Chicago Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-legis26sep26,1,1354783.story&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHY9X19Udt0SGgzNrH632SUaPQZ3Q Sep 26, 2007 101734 134924 traverse On the increasing strategic importance of China, Mr Howard said the new dialogue would allow us to regularly traverse all details of this very important relationship".
• Samari Rolle in Boston Globe (registration)
  The international sector will traverse 170, 000 kilometres by land, air and sea and it will arrive in India on 25 of June from Pakistan at the Wagah border and it will start a 100-day national tour. The national stretch is about 20, 000 kilometres,... Suresh Kalmadi http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Kalmadi&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE__6gxyNWScC28-ibNGiRTH-IOMw Sify http://www.google.com/url?q=http://sify.com/news/Curtain-raiser-to-2010-CWG-to-be-launched-on-Oct-29-news-jkxs4ghjdjf.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEE4eVc2ezn--I_DrBpBnQjToGOCQ Oct 23, 2009 101736 134927 travesty Rolle added, It's a travesty when you go out there and play that hard and the refs decide the outcome."