verb / noun
traverse
truh-VURS/trəˈvɜːrs/
Movement or a route across or through an area.
Hikers traverse the valley on a narrow dirt trail.
Etymology
The pieces express turning or directing something across. The associated sense of crossing or passing across leads directly to traversing an area: traveling across or through it.
In context
- right? 1,2,3,4,5. From C to G is five notes, from G to D is five notes and… well you get the idea. If you play through the circle you’ll traverse the entire keyboard
More examples
- The expedition traversed the desert in six days.
- Our traverse of the glacier took all morning.
- This rocky traverse connects the two mountain trails.
Forms
traverse · traverses · traversed · traversing
traversal noun — The act of crossing an area.