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Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.
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Athwart; across; crosswise.
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A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
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A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
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To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
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To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
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To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
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1) any line surveyed across a parcel, 2) a series of such lines connecting a number of points, often used as a base for triangulation.
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A parapet or wall thrown across a covered way, a terreplein, ditch or other location to prevent enfilade or reverse fire along a work.
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To go up, down, or across a slope at an angle.
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A path going diagonally or horizontally across the hill. Add a variety of tasks while traversing, based on the goal and the level of ability, e.g. balance on one ski, bounce, traverse-sideslip-traverse, draw lines with pole tips, etc.
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To ski across the mountain rather than down.
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To open and close a curtain across the window. Turbidity: A method for gauging the cleanliness and purity of down. A turbidity factor of 450 is considered hypo-allergenic. Hollander averages between 500 and 550 turbidity.
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a horizontal beam that extends across something
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a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
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travel across
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A survey connecting points along the survey route.
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The act of moving horizontally across an angled face (ie, not gaining or losing altitude), on skis or otherwise. Traversing can be more tedious and difficult than actually climbing a face, and for this reason, climbers may wish to choose their routes so as to avoid long traverses
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to draw across - a traverse drapery is one that opens or closes across a window by means of the traverse rod from which it is hung
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To cross a slope horizontally going gradually up and across in lieu of the more direct up and over approach.
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To ride across of a hill.
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To ride perpendicular to the fall line; to ride across the halfpipe.
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A maneuver for moving diagonally across the fall line.
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Moving sideways across a section of terrain instead of directly up or down.
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Moving laterally across terrain instead of ascending or descending.
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To move across the rock, left, right or possibly diagonally in either direction, rather than directly upwards.
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