Толковый словарь английского языка - traverse
Traverse
traverse
I. noun see: transverse Date: 14th century something that crosses or lies across, obstacle , adversity , a formal denial of a matter of fact alleged by the opposing party in a legal pleading, 4. a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen, a gallery or loft providing access from one side to another in a large building, a route or way across or over: as, a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary winds, a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade, the course followed in traversing, the act or an instance of traversing ; crossing , a protective projecting wall or bank of earth in a trench, 8. a lateral movement (as of the saddle of a lathe carriage), the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change direction of fire, a line surveyed across a plot of ground, II. verb (~d; traversing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from Late Latin transversare, from Latin transversus Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to go against or act in opposition to ; oppose , thwart , to deny (as an allegation of fact or an indictment) formally at law, 2. to go or travel across or over, to move or pass along or through , to make a study of ; examine , to lie or extend across ; cross , 5. to move to and fro over or along, to ascend, descend, or cross (a slope or gap) at an angle, to move (a gun) to right or left on a pivot, to make or carry out a survey of by using ~s, intransitive verb to move back and forth or from side to side, to move or turn laterally ; swivel , 3. to climb at an angle or in a zigzag course, to ski across rather than straight down a hill, to make a survey by using ~s, traversable adjective ~r noun III. adjective Date: 15th century lying across ; transverse
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. travel or lie across (traversed the country; a pit traversed by a beam). 2 tr. consider or discuss the whole extent of (a subject). 3 tr. turn (a large gun) horizontally. 4 tr. Law deny (an allegation) in pleading. 5 tr. thwart, frustrate, or oppose (a plan or opinion). 6 intr. (of the needle of a compass etc.) turn on or as on a pivot. 7 intr. (of a horse) walk obliquely. 8 intr. make a traverse in climbing. --n. 1 a sideways movement. 2 an act of traversing. 3 a thing, esp. part of a structure, that crosses another. 4 a gallery extending from side to side of a church or other building. 5 a a single line of survey, usu. plotted from compass bearings and chained or paced distances between angular points. b a tract surveyed in this way. 6 Naut. a zigzag line taken by a ship because of contrary winds or currents. 7 a skier's similar movement on a slope. 8 the sideways movement of a part in a machine. 9 a a sideways motion across a rock-face from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another. b a place where this is necessary. 10 Mil. a pair of right-angle bends in a trench to avoid enfilading fire. 11 Law a denial, esp. of an allegation of a matter of fact. 12 the act of turning a large gun horizontally to the required direction. Derivatives traversable adj. traversal n. traverser n. Etymology: OF traverser f. LL traversare, transversare (as TRANSVERSE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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