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TRAVEL
locomotion, travel
(noun) self-propelled movement
travel, traveling, travelling
(noun) the act of going from one place to another; âhe enjoyed selling but he hated the travelâ
travel, go, move, locomote
(verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; âHow fast does your new car go?â; âWe travelled from Rome to Naples by busâ; âThe policemen went from door to door looking for the suspectâ; âThe soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fellâ; ânews travelled fastâ
travel
(verb) undergo transportation as in a vehicle; âWe travelled North on Rte. 508â
travel, trip, jaunt
(verb) make a trip for pleasure
travel, journey
(verb) undertake a journey or trip
travel, journey
(verb) travel upon or across; âtravel the oceansâ
travel, move around
(verb) travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle (US) traveling or travelling, simple past and past participle (US) traveled or travelled)
(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
(intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
(intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
(transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
(transitive) To force to journey.
(obsolete) To labour; to travail.
Synonyms
• fare, journey, reyse
Noun
travel (countable and uncountable, plural travels)
The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
(in the plural) A series of journeys.
(in the plural) An account of one's travels.
The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
(obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
Usage notes
• Used attributively to describe things that have been created or modified for use during a journey.
Synonyms
• (act of travelling): journey, passage, tour, trip, voyage
• (activity or traffic along a route or through a given point): traffic
• (working motion of a piece of machinery): stroke, movement, progression
Anagrams
• retval, varlet
Source: Wiktionary
Trav"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveled or Travelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] Etym: [Properly, to labor, and the same word as travail.]
1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] Hooker.
2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.
3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California.
4. To pass; to go; to move. Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. Shak.
Trav"el, v. t.
1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent. "I travel this profound." Milton.
2. To force to journey. [R.] They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. Spenser.
Trav"el, n.
1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey. With long travel I am stiff and weary. Shak. His travels ended at his country seat. Dryden.
2. pl.
Definition: An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.
3. (Mach.)
Definition: The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.
4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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