Antonyms for traversing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : trav-ers, truh-vurs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræv ərs, trəˈvɜrs

Definition of traversing

Origin : early 14c., "pass across, over, or through," from Old French traverser "to cross, thwart" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *traversare, from Latin transversare "to cross, throw across," from Latin transversus "turn across" (see transverse). The noun meaning "act of passing through a gate, crossing a bridge, etc." is recorded from mid-14c.; meaning "a passage by which one may traverse" is recorded from 1670s. Military foritifcation sense of "barrier, barricade" is recorded from 1590s. Related: Traversed; traversing.

verb cross over; travel
verb resist, contradict

Example sentences :

He felt no surprise that they were traversing the river trail.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

On traversing the shore, we discovered a morai, or rather a heap of bones.
Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards

I heard Sir Alexander traversing the apartment with hasty strides.
Extract from : « The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I » by Susanna Moodie

My brother of Denmark is traversing Europe, and is about to come to France.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry » by Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

The bullet, after traversing the left lung, lodged in the spinal column.
Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

After traversing a distance of twenty-seven leagues, we arrive at the river.
Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 » by Various

On several occasions Father Hennepin, while traversing the broad bleak prairie, was quite in despair.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

After traversing a few leagues, they came to another river, flowing through a low plain, elevated but slightly above the stream.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

A whole hour was spent in traversing this gloomy and boundless place.
Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon

After traversing it for half a mile, Bogle turned toward the base of the hill.
Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon

Synonyms for traversing

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