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3 dictionary results for: Travelling
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trav·el       [trav-uhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British) -elled, -el·ling, noun, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1.to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
2.to move or go from one place or point to another.
3.to proceed or advance in any way.
4.to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm.
5.to associate or consort: He travels in a wealthy crowd.
6.Informal. to move with speed.
7.to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound.
8.Basketball. walk (def. 9).
9.to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism.
–verb (used with object)
10.to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road.
11.to journey or traverse (a specified distance): We traveled a hundred miles.
12.to cause to journey; ship: to travel logs downriver.
–noun
13.the act of traveling; journeying, esp. to distant places: to travel to other planets.
14.travels,
a.journeys; wanderings: to set out on one's travels.
b.journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work: a book of travels.
c.such an account or work.
15.the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage; traffic: an increase in travel on state roads.
16.Machinery.
a.the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke.
b.length of stroke.
17.movement or passage in general: to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table.
–adjective
18.used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME (north and Scots), orig. the same word as travail (by shift “to toil, labor” > “to make a laborious journey”)]

—Related forms
trav·el·a·ble, adjective
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trav·el       (trāv'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   trav·eled or trav·elled, trav·el·ing or trav·el·ling, trav·els

v.   intr.
  1. To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.
  2. To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.
  3. To be transmitted, as light or sound; move or pass.
  4. To advance or proceed.
  5. To go about in the company of a particular group; associate: travels in wealthy circles.
  6. To move along a course, as in a groove.
  7. To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly.
  8. Informal To move swiftly.
  9. Basketball To walk or run illegally while holding the ball.

v.   tr.
To pass or journey over or through; traverse: travel the roads of Europe.

n.  
  1. The act or process of traveling; movement or passage from one place to another.
  2. travels
    1. A series of journeys.
    2. An account of one's journeys.
    3. The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
    4. The length of a mechanical stroke.
  3. Activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
  4. The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers.
    1. The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
    2. The length of a mechanical stroke.


[Middle English travelen, alteration of travailen, to toil, from Old French travailler; see travail.]

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travelling

noun
the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" [syn: travel] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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