transverse

transverse is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.
2. noun. Anything that is transverse or athwart.
3. noun. The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
4. transitive verb. To overturn; to change.
5. transitive verb. To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
6. adjective. extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis

   "cross members should be all steel"

   "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"

   Synonyms: cross, thwartwise, transversal

Synonyms

cross, thwartwise, transversal

Common word forms

transverser, transverses, transversely, transverseness

Words from these letters

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