1. past tense of traverse; to travel across or through an area
2. past tense of traverse; to move back and forth across something

Examples

• The hikers traversed the mountain range in three days.
• She traversed the busy street carefully.
• The explorers traversed miles of desert terrain.
• The beam of light traversed the dark room.
• They traversed the bridge at dawn.
• The ship traversed the Atlantic Ocean.
• The scanner traversed the document line by line.