Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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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