| Main Entry: | transverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crosswise |
Synonyms: |
cross, diagonal, intersecting, oblique, slanting, transversal |
| Main Entry: | transverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | across |
Synonyms: |
alternate, crosswise, diagonal, horizontal, oblique |
| Main Entry: | transverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel across |
Synonyms: |
cross, pivot, shift, thwart, travel |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of material used as support |
Synonyms: |
axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, rafter, reach, scaffolding, scantling, shaft, sill, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut, stud, timber, transverse, trestle, two-by-four |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | traverse an area |
Synonyms: |
bridge, cruise, cut across, extend over, ford, go across, meet, move across, navigate, overpass, pass over, ply, sail, span, transverse, voyage, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | crosswise/crossways |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | across, at an angle |
Synonyms: |
angular, aslant, at right angles, athwart, awry, contrariwise, crisscross, cross, crossing, diagonally, from side to side, horizontally, longways, on the bias, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, vertically |
| Main Entry: | diagonal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angled |
Synonyms: |
askew, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, cater-cornered, catty-cornered, cornerways, cross, crossways, crosswise, inclining, kitty-cornered, oblique, skewing, slanted, slanting, transversal, transverse |
| Main Entry: | traverse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cross over; travel |
Synonyms: |
bisect, bridge, cover, crisscross, cross, cut across, decussate, do, go across, go over, intersect, move over, negotiate, pace, pass over, pass through, perambulate, peregrinate, ply, quarter, range, roam, span, track, transverse, travel over, tread, walk, wander |
| Main Entry: | zigzag |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moving side to side |
Synonyms: |
askew, awry, bent, crinkled, crooked, devious, diagonal, erratic, fluctuating, inclined, indirect, irregular, jagged, meandering, oblique, oscillating, rambling, serrated, sinuous, sloping, snaking, tortuous, transverse, twisted, twisting, undulating, waggling, winding |
Antonyms: |
straight |
| Main Entry: | crosswise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | across |
Synonyms: |
angular, aslant, athwart, awry, contrariwise, crisscross, cross, crossing, crossways, diagonally, horizontally, longways, mullioned, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, vertically |
Antonyms: |
head on, lengthwise, straight on |