travel

UK /ˈtɹævəl/ US /ˈtɹævəl/
verb 5noun 5

Definitions

verb

1

To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.

He that feareth oblatration must not travel.

2

To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.

(ballistics)

Soundwaves can travel through water.

3

To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.

4

To travel throughout (a place).

I’ve travelled the world.

5

To force to journey.

They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.

noun

1

The act of traveling; passage from place to place.

I like travel, but it’s always too tiring.

space travel

2

A series of journeys.

I’m off on my travels around France again.

But overall, I think the railway delivered very well on my travels. I'd give it 9/10 - there are just a few little rough edges that need smoothing off.

3

An account of one's travels.

He released his travels in 1900, two years after returning from Africa.

CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).

4

The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.

5

The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.

There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.

My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.

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