Both Uses of
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- After a couple of hours spent negotiating cliffs, traversing avalanche paths, and fording rivers and streams, the Afghans—renowned for being both hearty and nimble in their mountainous element—could not keep up the pace.†
p. 269.8traversing = traveling across
- Those who carried Adam traversed the slope, attempting to distance themselves from the line of fire, only to enter a different line of fire.†
p. 284.1 *traversed = traveled across
Definitions:
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(traverse) travel across
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Traverse is used in many senses. All the common ones reference crossing something; e.g., crossing terrain, a beam that extends across something, etc. A comprehensive dictionary will show less common meanings.