travel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of going from one place to another
    travelling; traveling.
    • he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel
  2. noun a movement through space that changes the location of something
    change of location.
  3. noun self-propelled movement
    locomotion.
  4. verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    go; move; locomote.
    • 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
  5. verb undertake a journey or trip
    journey.
  6. verb make a trip for pleasure
    jaunt; trip.
  7. verb travel upon or across
    journey.
    • travel the oceans
  8. verb undergo transportation as in a vehicle
    • We travelled North on Rte. 508
  9. verb travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
    move around.

WordNet

Trav"el intransitive verb
Etymology
Properly, to labor, and the same word as travail.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Traveled or Travelled; present participle & verbal noun Traveling or Travelling
Definitions
  1. To labor; to travail. Obsoles. Hooker.
  2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.
  3. 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.
  4. To pass; to go; to move.
    Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. Shak.
Trav"el transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent. "I travel this profound." Milton.
  2. To force to journey. R.
    They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. Spenser.
Trav"el noun
Definitions
  1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.
    With long travel I am stiff and weary. Shak.
    His travels ended at his country seat. Dryden.
  2. pl. 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.
  3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.
  4. Labor; parturition; travail. Obs.

Webster 1913