Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.
- intransitive verb To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.
- intransitive verb To move or pass, as from one person to another.
- intransitive verb To be transmitted, as light or sound.
- intransitive verb To move along a course, as a phonograph needle in the groove of a record.
- intransitive verb Informal To move swiftly.
- intransitive verb To go about in the company of a particular group; associate.
- intransitive verb To admit of being transported without loss of quality;
- intransitive verb Basketball To move illegally while holding the ball, usually by taking more than two steps between dribbles or by moving a foot that has been established as a pivot.
- intransitive verb To pass or journey over or through; traverse.
- noun The act or process of traveling from one place to another.
- noun A series of journeys.
- noun An account of one's journeys.
- noun The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers.
- noun Movement or passage.
- noun The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
- noun The length of a mechanical stroke.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Labor; toil; effort.
- noun The act of traveling or journeying; particularly, a journeying to distant countries: as, he is much improved by travel; he started on his travels.
- noun plural An account of occurrences and observations made during a journey; a book that relates one's experiences in traveling: as, travels in Italy: formerly in the singular.
- noun Progress; going; movement.
- noun In mech., the length of stroke of any moving part: as, the travel of the bed of a. planer: the travel of a pendulum. Also called
excursion . - noun The passage or concourse of travelers; persons traveling: as, the travel was very heavy on outgoing trains and boats.
- noun Labor in childbirth. See
travail , 2. - noun Synonyms Voyage, Tour, etc. See
journey . - To labor; toil.
- To pass or make a journey from place to place, whether on foot, on horseback, or in any conveyance, as a carriage or a ship; go to or visit distant or foreign places; journey: as, to
travel for health or for pleasure. - Specifically, to make a journey or go about from place to place for the purpose of taking orders for goods, collecting accounts, etc., for a commercial house.
- In mech., to traverse; move over a fixed distance, as a movable part of a machine. See
travel , n., 5. - To proceed or advance in any way; pass from onė point to another; move; wander: as, his eye traveled over the landscape; also, to move at a specified gait, pace, or rate: as, that horse travels wide.
- To walk.
- To move onward in feeding; browse from one point to another: said of deer, etc.
- To harass; trouble; plague; torment.
- To journey through; pass over; make the tour of: as, to
travel the whole kingdom of England. - To cause or force to journey, or move from plaee to place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To journey over; to traverse.
- transitive verb rare To force to journey.
- intransitive verb obsolescent To labor; to travail.
- intransitive verb To go or march on foot; to walk.
- intransitive verb To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey
- intransitive verb To pass; to go; to move.
- noun The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.
- noun An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; ; -- often used as the title of a book.
- noun (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece.
- noun obsolete Labor; parturition; travail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To be on a
journey , often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"To serve their senses that travel by it, or have no garden," interrupted Arthur, reading from the book, "and, oh, Mary! that reminds me -- _travel -- travellers.
Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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From white water rafting to cenote-diving, one of the hottest trends in travel is nature-based tourism, and many guidebooks respond by including extensive descriptions of flamingo tours, canyon cruises and sea-turtle habitats.
Mexico By the Book 1999
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From white water rafting to cenote-diving, one of the hottest trends in travel is nature-based tourism, and many guidebooks respond by including extensive descriptions of flamingo tours, canyon cruises and sea-turtle habitats.
Mexico By the Book 1999
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To inspect as good as exam a travel is a unequivocally critical component in following a spirit.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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To inspect as good as exam a travel is a unequivocally critical component in following a spirit.
THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre admin 2009
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I think I will make a note that the one place I do not wish to travel is to Florida.
Think Progress » Florida Lawmaker Attempts To Deny Tax Credit To Movies Filmed With Gay Characters 2010
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Norwegian Cruise Line is offering what it calls travel protection, starting at $29 per person, that will provide a cash reimbursement of cancellation fees to guests who cancel because they lose their job.
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BLITZER: Some JetBlue passengers are furious over what they describe as a travel nightmare.
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To do our job right we think this travel is a necessity so that we can better understand local customs, accounting differences, and trading differences between countries.
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The word "travel," after all, comes from the Old French travaillier - to labor, or suffer - and drivers were happy to trade the longueurs of the road for something fast, safe and predictable.
NYT > Home Page By TOM VANDERBILT 2011
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