travel Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the act of going from one place to another
travelling; traveling.
- he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel
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noun a movement through space that changes the location of something
change of location.
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noun self-propelled movement
locomotion.
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verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
go; move; locomote.
- How fast does your new car go?
- We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus
- The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect
- The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell
- news travelled fast
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verb undertake a journey or trip
journey.
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verb make a trip for pleasure
jaunt; trip.
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verb travel upon or across
journey.
- travel the oceans
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verb undergo transportation as in a vehicle
- We travelled North on Rte. 508
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verb travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
move around.
WordNet
Trav"el intransitive verb
Etymology
Properly, to labor, and the same word asWordforms
Definitions
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To labor; to travail. Obsoles. Hooker. -
To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to .travel over the city, or through the streets -
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 istraveling in California. -
To pass; to go; to move. Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. Shak.
Trav"el transitive verb
Definitions
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To journey over; to traverse; "I travel this profound." Milton.as, to .travel the continent -
To force to journey. R.They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. Spenser.
Trav"el noun
Definitions
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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.
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An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of ; -- often used as the title of a book;travels as, .Travels in Italy -
(Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the .travel of a slide valve -
Labor; parturition; travail. Obs.