Noun

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

Verb

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