TOUR

tour, circuit

(noun) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; “they took an extended tour of Europe”; “we took a quick circuit of the park”; “a ten-day coach circuit of the island”

go, spell, tour, turn

(noun) a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); “it’s my go”; “a spell of work”

enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour

(noun) a period of time spent in military service

tour

(verb) make a tour of a certain place; “We toured the Provence this summer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

tour (plural tours)

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

(sports, chiefly, cricket and rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.

(sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday.

(sports) A set of competitions which make up a championship.

(military) A tour of duty.

(graph theory) A closed trail.

(obsolete) A going round; a circuit.

(obsolete) A turn; a revolution.

Hyponyms

• Grand Tour

• tour d'horizon

• tour de force

• whirlwind tour

Verb

tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)

(intransitive) To make a journey

(transitive) To make a circuit of a place

Etymology 2

Noun

tour (plural tours)

(dated) A tower.

Etymology 3

Verb

tour (third-person singular simple present tours, present participle touring, simple past and past participle toured)

(obsolete) To toot a horn.

Anagrams

• rout, trou

Proper noun

the Tour

(cycling, by ellipsis) The Tour de France.

Anagrams

• rout, trou

Source: Wiktionary

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Tour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Tower.]

Definition: A tower. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Turn, v. t.]

1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. Milton.

2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] Blackmore.

3. (Mil.)

Definition: anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.

Syn.

– Journey; excursion. See Journey.

Tour, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toured; p. pr. & vb. n. Touring.]

Definition: To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. T. Hughes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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