traverse in WordNet English dictionary

1. travel across or pass over
   "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
   traverse  track  cover  cross  pass over  get over  get across  cut through  cut across 
   
2. 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"
   cross  traverse  span  sweep 
   
3. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
   traverse  deny 
   

1. a horizontal beam that extends across something
   trave  traverse  crossbeam  crosspiece 
   
2. a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
   transom  traverse 
   
3. taking a zigzag path on skis
   traversal  traverse 
   
4. travel across
   traversal  traverse