travelling

Variant of travel

travel definition

travel (travəl)

intransitive verb traveled -·eled or travelled -·elled, traveling -·el·ing or travelling -·el·ling

  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

Etymology: 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.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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