[kar-uh-van] 
noun, verb, -vaned or -vanned, -van⋅ing or -van⋅ning.| 1. | a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc. |
| 2. | any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles: a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan. |
| 3. | a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van. |
| 4. | Chiefly British. a house on wheels; trailer. |
| 5. | to carry in or as if in a caravan: Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors. |
| 6. | to travel in or as if in a caravan: They caravaned through Egypt. |
