I. ˈtravəl verb
( traveled or travelled ; traveled or travelled ; traveling or travelling -v(ə)liŋ ; travels )
Etymology: Middle English travellen, travailen — more at travail
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : travail
2.
a. : to go or proceed on or as if on a trip or tour : journey
the country through which we have been traveling — Louis Bromfield
many young birds travel north during June — American Guide Series: Louisiana
the surge … traveled southwards along the coast — J.A.Steers
even ideas and emotions traveled slowly in those days — Clive Bell
b.
(1) : to move or go as if by traveling : pass
my mind traveled back to a hot sultry day in the little … town — Rex Keating
her eyes traveled about the room — Mary R. Rinehart
US 190 travels through a wide stretch … of virgin pine — American Guide Series: Louisiana
most parts of the world are traveling toward a tighter system — Bertrand Russell
the path … for the inspired genius to travel by — H.J.Laski
(2) : to move or join in a company or group : associate
traveled in left wing circles — Oden & Olivia Meeker
— usually used with with
no harder a drinker than most of the crowd he traveled with — Robert Sylvester
the liberal intellectuals who … traveled with the party — Margaret Marshall
c. dialect : to go on foot : walk
did you travel or come by boat — American Guide Series: North Carolina
d. : to go on a specified circuit or route
in the frontier towns most ministers traveled
offering premiums for stallions to travel — Robert Jarvis
e. : to go from place to place as a salesman or business agent
salesman … was traveling out of St. Louis — E.A.Duddy
— often used with in
man who traveled in ladies' undies, wholesale — O.S.J.Gogarty
3.
a. : to move, advance, or undergo transmission from one place to another
the bayonet entered the right rib cage … and traveled upward — Raymond Boyle
the pain … traveled all the way into his head — Ira Wolfert
the sound traveled onto the stage — Warwick Braithwaite
b. : to undergo transportation or dissemination
loup, like weakfish, travels poorly and should be eaten within a few hours after being caught — A.J.Liebling
cases … which travel in freight cars must be securely packed — Edwin Sutermeister
the whole concept of impressionism … didn't travel well — R.M.Coates
that typical regionalism which travels so poorly in literature — V.S.Pritchett
c. : to move in a given direction or path or through a given distance
the needles … travel down the face of the cam — W.E.Shinn
the crankpin travels in a circular path
the stylus travels in a groove
d. : to move briskly
the souped-up car can really travel
4. : to walk or run with the ball illegally (as in basketball)
transitive verb
1. obsolete : travail
2.
a. : to journey through or over : traverse
everyone should travel at least part of its beautiful valley — Bernard DeVoto
traveled the twenty feet of green carpet with his eyes fixed straight ahead — Scott Fitzgerald
certain roads can be traveled only on horseback — W.E.Rudolph
b. : to follow (a course or path) as if by traveling : pursue
no other social right has traveled so arduous a road — V.L.Parrington
readers … often voyaged into the world celebrated by the romantic novelist, but few traveled the other way — J.D.Hart
c. : to pass over or along (a specified distance)
individual cells often have to travel great distances — New Biology
the modern travel book has itself traveled a long way from the formal diary — Geographical Journal
d. : to cover or visit (a place or region) as a commercial traveler
traveled the Midwest for a soft drink firm — Tom Siler
3. : to cause to travel : drive , ship
the beast … could scarcely be traveled upon a caravel — Galbraith Welch
choose the best time of year to travel cattle
traveling the stallion to different farms — Producing Farm Livestock
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- travel light
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English travel, travail — more at travail
1. obsolete : travail
2.
a. : the act of traveling, going, or journeying : passage
dislikes the discomforts of travel — Agnes Repplier
outlined the probable steps leading to travel in outer space — Current Biography
travel on the plateau is comparatively rapid — E.E.Shipton
b. : a journey especially to a distant or unfamiliar place : tour , trip
set out on another travel , this time to the Pacific — Current Biography
longest travel for a cake to make without a bruise — Postal Service News
to town and back is a long day's travel
— often used in plural
extended our travels to parts of the rugged mountains totally unknown — C.B.Hitchcock
3. travels plural : an account or narration of one's travels especially in book form
enjoys reading travels
4. : power or speed of movement
the most necessary qualifications of a dog are travel … and nose — Eric Parker
the new racing shell has tremendous travel
5. : the number of persons or things traveling : traffic
travel on the turnpike is heavy on holidays
6.
a. : the movement or progression of something along a route or course
the farther the film tray is from the workplace, the more reach or travel is required — E.M.Harwell
during combustion the travel of the flame … should progress at a fairly uniform rate — Ernest Venk
a device to time the travel of satellites around the earth
b. : the motion of a piece of machinery especially to and fro in a prescribed line or direction
a timing device to make the high-voltage source perform at the set position of piston travel — Aircraft Power Plants