'Journey' definitions:

Definition of 'journey'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of traveling from one place to another [syn: journey, journeying]
verb
Undertake a journey or trip [syn: travel, journey]
verb
Travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: travel, journey]

Definition of 'Journey'

From: GCIDE
  • Journey \Jour"ney\, v. t. To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] "I journeyed many a land." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Journey'

From: GCIDE
  • Journey \Jour"ney\, n.; pl. Journeys. [OE. jornee, journee, prop., a day's journey, OF. jorn['e]e, jurn['e]e, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journ['e]e, fr. OF. jorn, jurn, jor a day, F. jour, fr. L. diurnus. See Journal.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Travel or passage from one place to another, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time. [1913 Webster]
  • The good man . . . is gone a long journey. --Prov. vii. 19. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence: [figurative], A passage through life, or a passage through any significant experience, or from one state to another. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • We must all have the same journey's end. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
  • 4. The distance that is traveled in a journey[2], or the time taken to complete a journey[2]; as, it's a two-day journey from the oasis into Cairo by camel; from Mecca to Samarkand is quite a journey. [PJC]
  • Syn: Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage; jaunt.
  • Usage: Journey, Tour, Excursion, Pilgrimage. The word journey suggests the idea of a somewhat prolonged traveling for a specific object, leading a person to pass directly from one point to another. In a tour, we take a roundabout course from place to place, more commonly for pleasure, though sometimes on business. An excursion is usually a brief tour or trip for pleasure, health, etc. In a pilgrimage we travel to a place hallowed by our religions affections, or by some train of sacred or tender associations. A journey on important business; the tour of Europe; an excursion to the lakes; a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Journey'

From: GCIDE
  • Journey \Jour"ney\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Journeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying.] To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance. [1913 Webster]
  • Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. --Gen. xii. 9. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Journey'

From: Easton
  • Journey
  • A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num. 11:31).
  • A Sabbath-day's journey is 2,000 paces or yards from the city walls (Acts 1:12). According to Jewish tradition, it was the distance one might travel without violating the law of Ex. 16:29. (See SABBATH.)

Synonyms of 'journey'

From: Moby Thesaurus