Meaning of TRAVEL
Pronunciation: | | 'travul
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- [n] self-propelled movement
- [n] the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
- [n] a movement through space that changes the location of something
- [v] change location; move, travel, or proceed; "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"
- [v] undergo transportation, as in a vehicle
- [v] make a trip for pleasure
- [v] undertake a journey or trip
- [v] travel upon or across; "travel the oceans"
- [v] travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
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| Synonyms: | | change of location, go, jaunt, locomote, locomotion, move, traveling, travelling, trip |
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| Antonyms: | | stay in place | |
| See Also: | | abscond, absquatulate, accompany, advance, advance, air, air travel, angle, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent, automobile, aviation, back, bang, be adrift, beetle, belt along, betake oneself, billow, blow, bolt, bounce, brachiation, breeze, bucket along, cannonball along, career, carry, carry on, cast, change, circle, circle, circuit, circuit, circulate, circulation, circumnavigation, climb, climb up, come, come back, come down, come up, commutation, commute, commuting, continue, crank, crawl, crawl, crawling, creep, creep, creep, creeping, crossing, cruise, dance step, decamp, derail, descend, descent, do, drag, draw, draw back, drift, drive, driving, ease, elapse, entering, entrance, err, fall, fall, ferry, float, flock, flow, flowing, fly, follow, forge, gait, get about, get around, get back, ghost, glide, glide by, globe-trot, go across, go along, go around, go back, go by, go down, go forward, go off, go on, go out, go past, go through, go to, go under, go up, gravitation, hasten, hie, hiss, hop, horseback riding, hotfoot, hurry, hurtle, island hop, itinerate, jog, jounce, journey, journey, journeying, jump, junket, junketing, lance, lap, lapse, lead, leg, levitation, lift, lope, lurch, march on, meander, motion, motion, motor, mount, move, move around, move back, move on, move out, move up, movement, movement, navigate, on the road, on tour, outflank, overfly, pace, pan, pass, pass by, pass on, pass over, pelt along, peregrinate, peregrination, play, plough, plow, ply, prance, precede, precess, proceed, procession, progress, progress, progression, propagate, pull away, pull back, pursue, race, raft, ramble, range, recede, repair to, resort to, retire, retreat, retrograde, return, ride, riding, rip, rise, rise, rising, roam, roll, round, rove, run, run, run off, running, rush, rush along, sail, scramble, seafaring, seek, set, settle, shack, ship, shuttle, sift, sink, sit, ski, sledge, slice into, slice through, slide, slide by, slip away, slip by, slither, snowshoe, speed, spirt, spread, spread, spreading, spurt, stage, stagger, staging, stampede, steam, step, step, stray, stroke, surpass, swan, swap, swash, swim, swing, take the air, taxi, tear, thread, tour, trail, tramp, transfer, translation, travel, travel along, travel back and forth, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, travel to, tread, trek, trot, trudge, trundle, turn, uprise, vagabond, visit, voyage, walk, walk, walking, wander, water travel, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, whoosh, wind, wing, withdraw, zigzag, zip, zoom | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Traveled}or {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.
\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. 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.]
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