(trav′ərs, trə·vûrs′) v. ·ersed, ·ers·ing v.t.
1. To pass over, across, or through.
2. To move back and forth over or along.
3. To examine carefully; survey or scrutinize.
4. To oppose; thwart.
5. To turn (a gun, lathe, etc.) to right or left; swivel.
6. Law To make denial of; in legal pleading, to deny and tender issue upon, as a matter of fact alleged by the opposite party; impeach the validity of an inquest of office.
7. Naut. To brace (a yard) fore and aft.
—v.i.
8. To move back and forth.
9. To move across; cross.
10. To turn; swivel.
11. In fencing, to slide one's blade toward the hilt of an opponent's sword while maintaining pressure on it.
—noun (trav′ərs)
1. A part, as of a machine or structure, that traverses, as a crosspiece, crossbeam, transom, or the like.
2. Archit. A gallery or loft communicating with opposite sides of a building.
3. Something serving as a screen or barrier.
4. Geom. A transversal.
5. The act of traversing or traveling; a journey; passage.
6. Mech. Sidewise travel, as of the tool in a slide rest.
7. The act of traversing or denying; a denial; in legal pleading, a formal denial.
8. Naut. A zigzag track of a vessel while beating to windward.
9. A short line surveyed from a main line, to establish the position of a side point.
10. Mil. A bank of earth thrown up, as from a trench, to afford protection from gunfire.
11. Something that obstructs, vexes, or thwarts.
12. A path cut transversely in the side of a cliff or mountain; also, the cliff across which a path is cut.
13. A sled having a long board connecting two or more sleds or two or more sets of runners.
—adjective (trav′ərs) Transverse; lying or being across.
—adverb (trav′ərs, trə·vûrs′) Transversely; crosswise. [<OF traverser <LL traversare, transversare <L transversus TRANSVERSE]
—trav′ers·a·ble adjective
—trav·er·sal (trav′ər·səl, trə·vûr′səl) noun
—trav′ers·er noun
TRAVERSE (def. 13)

(trav′ərs), Lake
A lake on the boundary of South Dakota and Minnesota; 26 miles long, 3 miles wide.