[trav.el] vb -eled or -elled ; -el.ing or -el.ling [ME travailen to labor, journey, fr. OF travaillier to labor] vi (14c) 1 a: to go on or as if on a trip or tour: journey b (1): to go as if by traveling: pass "the news ~ed fast" (2): associate "~s with a sophisticated crowd" c: to go from place to place as a sales representative or business agent
2. a: to move or undergo transmission from one place to another "goods ~ing by plane" b: to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance "the stylus ~s in a groove" c: to move rapidly "a car that can really ~"
3: to walk or run with a basketball in violation of the rules ~ vt 1 a: to journey through or over b: to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling
2: to traverse (a specified distance)
3: to cover (a place or region) as a commercial traveler -- travel light : to travel with a minimum of equipment or baggage
[2]travel n (14c) 1 a: the act of traveling: passage b: a journey esp. to a distant or unfamiliar place: tour, trip--often used in pl.
2. pl: an account of one's travels
3: the number traveling: traffic
4. a: movement, progression "the ~ of satellites around the earth" b: the motion of a piece of machinery; esp: reciprocating motion