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trav⋅el

  [trav-uhl] verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling, noun, adjective
Use travelling in a Sentence
–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)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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