What part of speech is traverses?

Traverses can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. traverses is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of traverse (infinitive).
  • 2. traverses is a noun, plural of traverse.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does traverses mean?

Definitions

Verb

traverse - deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
traverse - 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"

Noun

traverse - A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing , in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
traverse - In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet.
traverse - A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i. e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
traverse - A screen or partition.

Examples of traverses

#   Sentence  
1. verb Nothing is more wretched than a man who traverses everything in a round, and pries into the things beneath the earth, as the poet says, and seeks by conjecture what is in the minds of his neighbours, without perceiving that it is sufficient to attend to the demon within him, and to reverence it sincerely.
2. verb The frost and the snow, which had not yet melted, would have rendered the road impassable, were it not that Love traverses all distances and passes through fire and water.
3. verb Rivers traverse the valley floor.
4. verb Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.
5. verb There are no inhabitants of this land of despair. A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet may occasionally traverse it in order to reach other hunting-grounds, but the hardiest of the braves are glad to lose sight of those awesome plains, and to find themselves once more upon the prairies.
6. verb They had to traverse an uncharted mountain range.
7. verb Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.
8. verb There are no inhabitants of this land of despair. A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet may occasionally traverse it in order to reach other hunting-grounds, but the hardiest of the braves are glad to lose sight of those awesome plains, and to find themselves once more upon the prairies.
9. verb They had to traverse an uncharted mountain range.
10. noun On December 7th 1941 Japanese fleet consisting of 6 aircraft carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū, Sōryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku and additional two line battleships: Hiei und Kirishima were spotted on the traverse to the Oahu island, Hawaii.
11. noun On December 7th 1941 Japanese fleet consisting of 6 aircraft carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū, Sōryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku and additional two line battleships: Hiei und Kirishima were spotted on the traverse to the Oahu island, Hawaii.
Sentence  
verb
Nothing is more wretched than a man who traverses everything in a round, and pries into the things beneath the earth, as the poet says, and seeks by conjecture what is in the minds of his neighbours, without perceiving that it is sufficient to attend to the demon within him, and to reverence it sincerely.
The frost and the snow, which had not yet melted, would have rendered the road impassable, were it not that Love traverses all distances and passes through fire and water.
Rivers traverse the valley floor.
Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.
There are no inhabitants of this land of despair. A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet may occasionally traverse it in order to reach other hunting-grounds, but the hardiest of the braves are glad to lose sight of those awesome plains, and to find themselves once more upon the prairies.
They had to traverse an uncharted mountain range.
Unfamiliar terrain can be difficult to traverse.
There are no inhabitants of this land of despair. A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet may occasionally traverse it in order to reach other hunting-grounds, but the hardiest of the braves are glad to lose sight of those awesome plains, and to find themselves once more upon the prairies.
They had to traverse an uncharted mountain range.
noun
On December 7th 1941 Japanese fleet consisting of 6 aircraft carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū, Sōryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku and additional two line battleships: Hiei und Kirishima were spotted on the traverse to the Oahu island, Hawaii.
On December 7th 1941 Japanese fleet consisting of 6 aircraft carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū, Sōryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku and additional two line battleships: Hiei und Kirishima were spotted on the traverse to the Oahu island, Hawaii.

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