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"traverse" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often cross (5 letters).
Definitions
To move across or through an area from one side to another.
Word origin
From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).
Used in a sentence
“Than sholde ye see there pressynge in a pace / Of one and other that wolde this lady see, / Whiche sat behynde a traves of sylke fyne, / Of golde of tessew the fynest that myghte be […]”
“At the entrance of the king, / The first traverse was drawn.”
“He will succeed, as long as there are no unlucky traverses not under his control.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Go across”8 letters
02“Cross over”8 letters
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