[syn: travel, move around]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the
city, or through the streets.
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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.
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4. To pass; to go; to move.
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Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
--Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Travel \Trav"el\, v. t.
1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
"I travel this profound." --Milton.
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2. To force to journey. [R.]
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They shall not be traveled forth of their own
franchises. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Travel \Trav"el\, n.
1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a
journey.
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With long travel I am stiff and weary. --Shak.
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His travels ended at his country seat. --Dryden.
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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.
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3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as,
the travel of a slide valve.
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4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
travel
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]