'Travel' definitions:

Definition of 'travel'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" [syn: travel, traveling, travelling]
noun
A movement through space that changes the location of something [syn: change of location, travel]
noun
Self-propelled movement [syn: locomotion, travel]
verb
Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "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" [syn: travel, go, move, locomote] [ant: stay in place]
verb
Undertake a journey or trip [syn: travel, journey]
verb
Make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt]
verb
Travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: travel, journey]
verb
Undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508"
verb
Travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge [syn: travel, move around]

Definition of 'Travel'

From: GCIDE
  • Travel \Trav"el\, n.
  • 1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey. [1913 Webster]
  • With long travel I am stiff and weary. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • His travels ended at his country seat. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Travel'

From: GCIDE
  • Travel \Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Traveledor Travelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling or Travelling.] [Properly, to labor, and the same word as travail.]
  • 1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To pass; to go; to move. [1913 Webster]
  • Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Travel'

From: GCIDE
  • Travel \Trav"el\, v. t.
  • 1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent. "I travel this profound." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To force to journey. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'travel'

From: Moby Thesaurus