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— English words —

• traverse n. (Climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by…
• traverse n. (Surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject…
• traverse n. (Obsolete) A screen or partition.
• traverse n. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
• traverse n. (Architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
• traverse n. (Law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings…
• traverse n. (Nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
• traverse n. (Geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
• traverse n. (Military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
• traverse n. (Nautical) A traverse board.
• traverse v. (Transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
• traverse v. (Transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
• traverse v. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
• traverse v. (Weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
• traverse v. (Climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
• traverse v. (Engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
• traverse v. To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
• traverse v. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
• traverse v. (Carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
• traverse v. (Law) To deny formally.
• traverse v. (Intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
• traverse adv. Athwart; across; crosswise.
• traverse adj. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
• Traverse prop.n. A surname from French.

— English word, defined in German —

• traverse V. Durchlaufen, überqueren, verfahren.

— English word, defined in French —

• traverse v. Traverser.

— In Dutch —

• traverse n. (Verhoogde of verlaagde) oversteekplaast of kruising.
• traverse n. Dwars op de hoofdwal van een vestng staande aarden wal.
• traverse n. Bergpad langs steile wand.

— In French —

• traverse n.f. (Vieilli) (Canada) Action de traverser.
• traverse n.f. Voie ou rue transversale qui relie une rue à une autre.
• traverse n.f. (Populaire) Par métonymie, chemin de traverse.
• traverse n.f. (Vieilli) ou (Canada) Voie ou passage.
• traverse n.f. (Architecture) Pièce qu’on met en travers de certains ouvrages…
• traverse n.f. (Chemin de fer) Pièce généralement en bois ou en béton…
• traverse n.f. (Automobile) Pièce mécanique constitutive du châssis d’une…
• traverse n.f. (Serrurerie) Barre transversale qui sert à maintenir et…
• traverse n.f. Dans le sud-Est ou le Centre de la France, vent d’Ouest…
• traverse n.f. (Canada) (Marine) Chemin ou passage suivi par un traversier…
• traverse n.f. (Sens figuré) Obstacle, travers.
• traverse n.f. (Typographie) Partie oblique de certaines lettres (par…
• traverse v. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de traverser.
• traverse v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de traverser.
• traverse v. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de traverser.
• traverse v. Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de traverser.
• traverse v. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de traverser.
• traversé adj. (Héraldique) Se dit d’un meuble principal ayant un orifice…
• traversé adj. Parcouru d’un bout à l’autre.
• traversé v. Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe traverser.

— In Italian —

• traverse s. Plurale di traversa.

159 English words from 24 English definitions

across act against all alleged and angle angles another any Architecture around Athwart axis bear bear␣upon being between board building built carefully Carpentry church climb climbing communication compound computing conditions counteraction course courses cross crosswise cutting defensive denial deny descend descent difficult direction distances else enfilade Engineering explore face fact fencing figure formal formally French from from␣side␣to␣side gallery Geometry gradients grain gun hill incline in␣passing Intransitive large Law lay lay␣in line lines loft lying made make matter matter␣of␣fact measured military motions mountaineering Nautical Obsolete obstruct obstructs occurs of␣a often one opposite opposition other over partition parts party pass passing pass␣over place plane pleadings points prevent rate relative rock rock␣climbing rotate route safe screen series ship side side␣to␣side skiing slope sloped some something something␣else specifically stage steep subject surname survey Surveying target that the thoroughly thwart thwarts to␣the Transitive transversal travel traveled traverse traverse␣board trench trench␣warfare under upon use used vertical view visit warfare Weaponry which wide with wood zigzag

39 English words from 26 foreign definitions

Action Architecture Automobile Barre bois bout Canada Centre châssis Chemin␣de␣fer constitutive Dans dit een Est fer France langs lettres Marine masculin met oblique Obstacle orifice par passage passé Première principal rue Sens sud travers traverse traverser van vent wand

67 foreign words from 26 foreign definitions

aarden autre ayant Barre␣transversale Bergpad béton certaines certains chemin chemin␣de␣traverse de␣fer de␣la Deuxième Deuxième␣personne Durchlaufen Dwars en␣travers figuré généralement Héraldique impératif indicatif kruising maintenir mécanique métonymie meuble Ouest ouvrages Parcouru Participe Participe␣passé Partie personne Pièce Pièce␣mécanique Plurale Populaire Première␣personne présent présent␣du␣subjonctif qui relie Sens␣figuré Serrurerie sert singulier staande steile subjonctif suivi transversale traversa traversier Troisième Troisième␣personne Typographie überqueren une une␣autre verbe verfahren Verhoogde verlaagde Vieilli Voie wal

18 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

traversed traverser traverses Traverses traversely traversers Traverse␣City traverse␣jury traversewise traverse␣board traverse␣drill traverse␣table traverse␣boards Traverse␣County traverse␣drills traverse␣juries traverse␣tables traverse␣sailing

6 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

retraversed retraverses untraversed girdle␣traverses Tyrolean␣traverses Grand␣Traverse␣County

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

retraverse hand␣traverse girdle␣traverse Tyrolean␣traverse

36 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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22 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

art Art ART 'art art. ESR eva Eva EVA eva' evar rev Rev rev. Rev. SRE var Var VaR VAR var. vart

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

averrest averters

20 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

arrestive averredst avertress Everharts harvester overrates over␣rates overstare reharvest retravels revertase taverners travelers traversed traverser traverses Traverses Traversie varmeters vertebras

15 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

averter evestra rearest rearset reavers rerates Resetar retears reverts serrate starver tearers travers Travers Verrets

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Traversa traverso Traverso

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

travers Travers

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Traversie

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