travel

trav•el

[[t]ˈtræv əl[/t]] v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. brit.)-elled, -el•ling,

1) to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip

2) to move or pass from one place or point to another

3) to proceed or advance

4) to pass or be transmitted, as light or information:

The news traveled quickly[/ex]

5) to go from place to place as a representative of a business

6) to associate or consort:

to travel with a wealthy crowd[/ex]

7) to admit of being transported or transmitted, esp. without suffering harm:

a wine that does not travel well[/ex]

8) inf Informal. to move with speed

9) spo Basketball.

walk 8)

10) mac to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism

11) to travel, journey, or pass through or over

12) to journey or traverse (a specified distance)

13) to cause to travel or journey:

to travel logs downriver[/ex]

14) the act of traveling; journeying, esp. to distant places

15) travels

a) journeys

b) a written work describing such journeys

16) the coming and going of people or conveyances along a route; traffic

17)

a) mac the complete movement of a moving mechanical part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke

b) mac length of stroke

18) movement or passage in general

19) cvb designed for use while traveling:

a travel clock[/ex]

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Etymology: 1325–75; ME (N and Scots), orig. the same word as travail (by shift “to toil, labor”>“to make a laborious journey”) trav′el•a•ble, adj.