traverse

nouns

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

verbs

travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
is derived from
traverser
is derived from
traversal
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, span, sweep, traverse
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
deny, traverse