Travel

['træv(ə)l] or ['trævl]

Definition

(noun.) the act of going from one place to another; 'he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) undergo transportation as in a vehicle; 'We travelled North on Rte. 508'.

(verb.) make a trip for pleasure.

(verb.) undertake a journey or trip.

(verb.) travel upon or across; 'travel the oceans'.

(verb.) travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge.

Editor: Nita--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To labor; to travail.

(v. i.) To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. i.) To pass; to go; to move.

(v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.

(v. t.) To force to journey.

(n.) The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.

(n.) Labor; parturition; travail.

Checker: Stella

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Walk, go on foot.[2]. Journey, ramble, rove, roam, take a journey, take a trip, make a tour, make an excursion.[3]. Pass, go, move, make progress.

v. a. Pass, go over, journey over.

n. [1]. Journeying, travelling.[2]. Journey, tour, excursion, trip, expedition.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Journey, wandering, migration, rustication, pilgrimage, excursion, tramp,expedition, trip, ramble, voyage, tour, peregrination

ANT:Best, settlement, domestication

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Definition

v.i. to walk: to journey: to pass: to move.—v.t. to pass: to journey over:—pr.p. trav′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. trav′elled.—n. act of passing from place to place: journey: labour: (pl.) an account of a journey.—p.adj. Trav′elled having made journeys: knowing.—ns. Trav′eller one who travels: a wayfarer: one who travels for a mercantile house: a ring that slides along a rope or spar; Trav′eller's-joy the virgin's-bower Clematis Vitalba; Trav′eller's-tale a story that cannot be accepted a tall story an astounding lie a whopper; Trav′eller's-tree a remarkable Madagascar tree its stem resembling a plantain but sending out leaves only on two opposite sides like a great expanded fan.—adj. Trav′elling.—ns. Trav′elling-bag a bag for carrying necessaries on a journey toilet articles &c.; Trav′elling-carr′iage a heavy carriage fitted up for travelling in before railways; Trav′elling-cou′vert a set of table utensils arranged to pack up easily for travelling; Trav′elling-crane a crane fixed on a carriage which may be moved on rails; Trav′elling-dress a plain and easy dress to wear when travelling.—p.adjs. Trav′el-soiled -stained showing the marks of travel; Trav′el-taint′ed (Shak.) fatigued with travel harassed.

Editor: Omar

Examples

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