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Share This trav·el Audio Help / ˈtræv / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ trav -uh ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation 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 .
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.
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·eled or trav·elled , trav·el·ing or trav·el·ling , trav·els
intr.
To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.
To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.
To be transmitted, as light or sound; move or pass.
To advance or proceed.
To go about in the company of a particular group; associate: travels in wealthy circles.
To move along a course, as in a groove.
To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly.
Informal To move swiftly.Basketball To walk or run illegally while holding the ball.tr.
travel the roads of Europe.
The act or process of traveling; movement or passage from one place to another.
travels A series of journeys.
An account of one's journeys.
The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
The length of a mechanical stroke.
Activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers.
The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
The length of a mechanical stroke.
travelen , alteration of travailen , to toil , from Old French travailler ; see travail
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c.1375, "to journey," from
travailen (1300) "to make a journey," originally "to toil, labor" (see
travail ). The semantic development may have been via the notion of "go on a difficult journey," but it may also reflect the difficulty of going anywhere in the Middle Ages. Replaced O.E.
faran .
Travels "accounts of journeys" is recorded from 1591.
Traveled "experienced in travel" is from 1413.
Traveling salesman is attested from 1885.
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Share This travel noun 1. the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" 2. a movement through space that changes the location of something [syn: change of location ] 3. self-propelled movement [syn: locomotion ] verb 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" [ant: ostentatious ] 2. undertake a journey or trip 3. make a trip for pleasure 4. travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" 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
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Share This travel 1 [ˈtrӕvl] verb —
past tense, past participle ˈtravelled , (
American )
ˈtraveled
to go from place to place; to journey
Example:
I travelled to Scotland by train; He has to travel a long way to school.
Arabic: يُسافِر Chinese (Simplified): 行走，游历 Chinese (Traditional): 行走，遊歷 Czech: cestovat; urazit Danish: rejse Dutch: reizen Estonian: sõitma Finnish: matkustaa French: voyager German: fahren Greek: ταξιδεύω Hungarian: utazik Icelandic: ferðast
Italian: viaggiare Japanese: 移動する Korean: 여행하다, (일정 거리를) 가다 Lithuanian: vykti, keliauti Polish: jechać, jeździć Portuguese (Brazil): viajar Portuguese (Portugal): viajar Romanian: a călători Russian: ездить Spanish: viajar Swedish: resa, åka, fara Turkish: yolculuk yapmak, seyahat etmek
travel 2 [ˈtrӕvl] verb
to move
Example:
Light travels in a straight line.
Arabic: يَتَحَرَّك، يَنْتَقِل Chinese (Simplified): 传播 Chinese (Traditional): 傳播 Czech: šířit se Danish: bevæge sig Dutch: bewegen Estonian: levima Finnish: kulkea French: se déplacer German: sich bewegen Greek: κινούμαι Hungarian: terjed Icelandic: ferðast, fara (um)
Italian: viaggiare Japanese: 進む Korean: 나아가다 Lithuanian: judėti Polish: poruszać się Portuguese (Brazil): deslocar-se Portuguese (Portugal): deslocar-se Romanian: a se deplasa Russian: перемещаться Spanish: viajar, desplazarse Swedish: gå, röra sig, färdas Turkish: gitmek, yayılmak
travel 3 [ˈtrӕvl] verb
to visit places, especially foreign countries
Example:
He has travelled a great deal.
Arabic: يَزور Chinese (Simplified): （国外）旅游 Chinese (Traditional): (國外)旅遊 Czech: cestovat Danish: rejse Dutch: reizen Estonian: reisima Finnish: matkustella French: voyager German: reisen Greek: ταξιδεύω Hungarian: (be)utazik Icelandic: ferðast
Italian: viaggiare Japanese: 旅行する Korean: (나라·지방을) 여행하다 Lithuanian: keliauti Polish: podróżować Portuguese (Brazil): viajar Portuguese (Portugal): viajar Romanian: a călători Russian: путешествовать Spanish: viajar Swedish: resa Turkish: dolaşmak, gezmek
travel [ˈtrӕvl] noun
the act of travelling
Example:
Travel to and from work can be very tiring.
Arabic: سَفَر Chinese (Simplified): 旅行 Chinese (Traditional): 旅行 Czech: cesta Danish: rejse Dutch: het reizen Estonian: sõitmine, reisimine Finnish: matkustaminen French: voyage, trajet German: das Reisen,das Fahren Greek: ταξίδι Hungarian: utazás Icelandic: ferðalag Indonesian: perjalanan Italian: viaggio
Japanese: 旅行 Korean: 통근, 통학, 여행 Latvian: ceļojums; ceļš; brauciens Lithuanian: kelionė Norwegian: reising, reise, ferd(sel) Polish: podróżowanie Portuguese (Brazil): deslocamento Portuguese (Portugal): viajar Romanian: drum, mers Russian: поездка Slovak: cesta Slovenian: potovanje Spanish: viaje, viajar, trayecto, recorrido Swedish: resande, resor Turkish: seyahat, yolculuk
See also: traveller ,
traveller's cheque ,
travelogue ,
travels ,
travel agency, travel bureau ,
travel agent
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Trav"ail\ (?; 48), n. [F. travail; cf. Pr. trabalh, trebalh, toil, torment, torture; probably from LL. trepalium a place where criminals are tortured, instrument of torture. But the French word may be akin to L. trabs a beam, or have been influenced by a derivative from trabs (cf.
Trave ). Cf.
Travel .]
1. Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.
As everything of price, so this doth require travail. --Hooker.
2. Parturition; labor; as, an easy travail.
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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.
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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.
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