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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" [syn: travel, traveling, travelling]
2: a movement through space that changes the location of something [syn: change of location, travel]
3: self-propelled movement [syn: locomotion, travel] v
1: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "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" [syn: travel, go, move, locomote] [ant: stay in place]
2: undertake a journey or trip [syn: travel, journey]
3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt]
4: travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: travel, journey]
5: undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508"
6: travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge [syn: travel, move around]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or travelling) Etymology: Middle English travailen, travelen to torment, labor, strive, journey, from Anglo-French travailler Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to go on or as if on a trip or tour ; journey b. (1) to go as if by traveling ; pass <the news traveled fast> (2) associate <travels with a sophisticated crowd> c. to go from place to place as a sales representative or business agent 2. a. (1) to move or undergo transmission from one place to another <goods traveling by plane> (2) to withstand relocation successfully <a dish that travels well> b. to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance <the stylus travels in a groove> c. to move rapidly <a car that can really travel> 3. to take more steps while holding a basketball than the rules allow transitive verb 1. a. to journey through or over b. to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling 2. to traverse (a specified distance) 3. to cover (an area) as a commercial traveler II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of traveling ; passage b. a journey especially to a distant or unfamiliar place ; tour, trip — often used in plural 2. plural an account of one's travels 3. the number traveling ; traffic 4. a. movement, progression <the travel of satellites around the earth> b. the motion of a piece of machinery; especially reciprocating motion

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. & tr. (travelled, travelling; US traveled, traveling) 1 intr. go from one place to another; make a journey esp. of some length or abroad. 2 tr. a journey along or through (a country). b cover (a distance) in travelling. 3 intr. colloq. withstand a long journey (wines that do not travel). 4 intr. go from place to place as a salesman. 5 intr. move or proceed in a specified manner or at a specified rate (light travels faster than sound). 6 intr. colloq. move quickly. 7 intr. pass esp. in a deliberate or systematic manner from point to point (the photographer's eye travelled over the scene). 8 intr. (of a machine or part) move or operate in a specified way. 9 intr. (of deer etc.) move onwards in feeding. --n. 1 a the act of travelling, esp. in foreign countries. b (often in pl.) a spell of this (have returned from their travels). 2 the range, rate, or mode of motion of a part in machinery. Phrases and idioms: travel agency (or bureau) an agency that makes the necessary arrangements for travellers. travel agent a person or firm acting as a travel agency. travelling crane a crane able to move on rails, esp. along an overhead support. travelling-rug a rug used for warmth on a journey. travelling wave Physics a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation. travel-sick suffering from nausea caused by motion in travelling. travel-sickness the condition of being travel-sick. Etymology: ME, orig. = TRAVAIL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Travel Trav"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveledor Travelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Travel 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Travel 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. 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.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve. 4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(travels, travelling, travelled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: in AM, use 'traveling', 'traveled' 1. If you travel, you go from one place to another, often to a place that is far away. You had better travel to Helsinki tomorrow... I've been traveling all day... Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here... I had been travelling at 150 kilometres an hour... He was a charming travelling companion. VERB: V prep/adv, V, V amount/n, V at amount, V-ing • travelling I love travelling... N-UNCOUNT 2. Travel is the activity of travelling. He detested air travel. ...a writer of travel books. 3. If you travel the world, the country, or the area, you go to many different places in the world or in a particular country or area. Dr Ryan travelled the world gathering material for his book... VERB: V n 4. When light or sound from one place reaches another, you say that it travels to the other place. When sound travels through water, strange things can happen... Light travels at around 300,000,000 metres per second. VERB: V prep/adv, V at amount 5. When news becomes known by people in different places, you can say that it travels to them. News of his work traveled all the way to Asia... VERB: V adv/prep 6. Someone's travels are the journeys that they make to places a long way from their home. He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad. N-PLURAL: with poss, usu poss N 7. see also travelling, much-travelled, well-travelled 8. If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage. PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Walk, go on foot. 2. Journey, ramble, rove, roam, take a journey, take a trip, make a tour, make an excursion. 3. Pass, go, move, make progress. II. v. a. Pass, go over, journey over. III. n. 1. Journeying, travelling. 2. Journey, tour, excursion, trip, expedition.

Moby Thesaurus

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