travel

Travel means to go to a different location or to take a trip.

(verb)

An example of travel is when you get on a bus or a plane.

Travel is defined as the act of going on a trip or going on vacation.

(noun)

An example of travel is the act of going from New York to London.

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See travel in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb traveled or travelled, traveling or travelling

  1. to go from one place to another; make a journey or journeys
  2. to go from place to place as a traveling salesman
  3. to walk or run
  4. to move, pass, or be transmitted from one point or place to another
  5. to move or be capable of moving in a given path or for a given distance: said of mechanical parts, etc.
  6. to advance or progress
  7. Basketball to illegally move both feet while holding the ball
  8. Informal to associate or spend time (with)
  9. Informal to move with speed

Origin: var. of travail

transitive verb

  1. to make a journey over or through; traverse
  2. Informal to cause to move or pass along

noun

  1. the act or process of traveling
    1. the trips, journeys, tours, etc. taken by a person or persons
    2. an account of these
  2. passage or movement of any kind
  3. traffic on a route, through a place, etc.
    1. mechanical motion, esp. reciprocating motion
    2. the distance of a mechanical stroke, etc.

See travel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb trav·eled or trav·elled, trav·el·ing or trav·el·ling, trav·els
verb, intransitive
  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.
verb, transitive
To pass or journey over or through; traverse: travel the roads of Europe.
noun
  1. The act or process of traveling; movement or passage from one place to another.
  2. travels
    a. A series of journeys.
    b. An account of one's journeys.
  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.
  5. a. The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
    b. The length of a mechanical stroke.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English travelen

Origin: , alteration of travailen, to toil

Origin: , from Old French travailler; see travail

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See travel in Ologies

Travel

See also foreigners; geography; maps; railroads; recreation; ships; vehicles; walking.

dromomania

a mania for travel.

ecdemiomania

a mania for wandering.

gephyromania

a mania for crossing bridges.

gephyrophobia

an abnormal fear of crossing bridges.

hodomania

an abnormal love of travel.

hodophobia

an abnormal fear or dislike of travel.

itinerancy, itineracy

1. the act or state of traveling from place to place.

2. persons, collectively, whose occupation obliges them to travel constantly.

3. such an occupation. —itinerant. n., adj.

naupathia

seasickness.

oberration

Obsolete, the act of wandering about.

peregrination

travel from place to place, especially on foot and with the suggestion of a roundabout route.

pererration

Obsolete, the act of wandering or rambling around and about.

tourism

1. the activitiy of traveliring for pleasure, to see sights, for recreation etc.

2. the business founded upon this activity. —tourist, n., adj.

waftage

Archaic. the act of wafting or being wafted; travel or conveyance by wafting.

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