Traveled
['trævld]
Definition
(adj.) familiar with many parts of the world; 'a traveled, educated man'; 'well-traveled people' .
(adj.) traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Travel
(a.) Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced.
Editor: Terence
Examples
- In the case of the cologne, some molecules must have escaped from the liquid by the process of evaporation and traveled through the air to the nose. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But the _Clermont_, in spite of all prophecies to the contrary, had traveled under her own steam from New York to Albany, and the trip was the crowning event in Fulton’s career as inventor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I never traveled in so much state before in all my life. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We traveled on and found a tree at last, but no water. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then distorting his pockets with knobby bundles, and giving her the flowers to hold, he put up the old umbrella, and they traveled on again. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I traveled with awful velocity for my errand was a race against time with death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It seemed like desecration, but then we had traveled far, and our necessities were urgent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We prospered, we traveled, we came back as rich colonials to England, and we bought country estates. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Otto von Guericke, a burgomaster of Magdeburg, who had traveled in France and Italy, succeeded in constru cting an air-pump by means of which air might be exhausted from a vessel. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He had traveled a great deal, and was an unusually well-educated man. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And they got up and traveled. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Distances traveled by human feet are also estimated by hours and minutes, though I do not know what the base of the calculation is. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The mines of Cornwall had become unworkable, and as a great deal depended on the success of the engine in such work, he traveled to Cornwall to make sure that there should be no faults. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Despite the crudity of this outfit, Austin claimed that he had traveled some 2,200 miles on this, the granddaddy of all motorcycles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His love of acquiring knowledge grew as he traveled, and he studied natural history, geology and chemistry. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And in addition to this he traveled far and wide to give advice about distant lines, to the south of England, to Scotland, and to the north of Ireland to inspect the proposed Ulster Railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Those clicks had been sent from Poldhu, on the Cornish coast of England, and they had traveled through air across the Atlantic Ocean without any wire to guide them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In his line he is making things move along in this country He has traveled extensively in America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The bed traveled on guide ways, and the tympan and frisket were hinged to fold back and lay in elevated position. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As Kulonga continued his journey Tarzan closed on him until he traveled almost over the black's head. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Heat from the fire passed into the poker, traveled along it, and warmed it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- After a year’s struggle he closed his studio, and traveled through the country sections of New England, looking for work as a portrait painter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- That night he slept in the forest not far from the village, and early the next morning set out slowly on his homeward march, hunting as he traveled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I met him accordingly next morning and we traveled down to Woking together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He called himself a mineral surveyor, and he traveled many thousand miles yearly in connection with his calling and his interest in the study of geology. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The spindles were mounted on a wheeled carriage that traveled back and forth a considerable distance from the drawing rolls, which were mounted in bearings in a stationary frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For about four hours we traveled down hill constantly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For a month they traveled north. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- For several hours he traveled a little north of east until he came to an impenetrable wall of matted and tangled vegetation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When the Prodigal traveled to a far country, it is not likely that he went more than eighty or ninety miles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Terence