traverse

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Cheers. you have got to be kidding me. the traverse is a way better choice than a forester. just about in every way too.

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  1. transitive verb To travel or pass across, over, or through.
  2. transitive verb To move to and fro over; cross and recross.
  3. transitive verb To go up, down, or across (a slope) diagonally, as in skiing.

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traverse:   traversing ·  traversed
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  1. Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Vulgar Latin *trāversāre, from Late Latin trānsversāre, from Latin trānsversus, transverse; see transverse.

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  1. from Middle English travers, from Old French travers, French travers, lying across, thwart, transverse (travers, masculine, a breadth, in modern F. irregularity, etc., traverse, feminine, a cross-bar, cross-road, etc.), =Provencal travers, transvers =Spanish travesío =Pg, travesso =Italian traverso, from Latin traversus, transversus, lying across, transverse; see transverse, of which traverse is a doublet.
  2. from traverse, adjective
  3. from French traverser =Provencal traversar =Spanish travesar =Italian traversare, from Middle Latin transversare, go across: see transverse, v., and cf. traverse, adjective
 

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/ˈtrævərs/
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