TRAVELED

traveled, travelled

(adjective) familiar with many parts of the world; “a traveled, educated man”; “well-traveled people”

traveled

(adjective) traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

traveled (comparative more traveled, superlative most traveled)

Frequented by travelers.

Experienced in travel.

Verb

traveled

(US) simple past tense and past participle of travel

Source: Wiktionary


Trav"eled, a.

Definition: Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also travelled.] The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. Byron.

TRAVEL

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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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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