Travel
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈtɹævəl/
- Rhymes: -ævəl
Alternative forms
Origin
Middle English travelen ("to make a laborious journey, travel") from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of Middle English travaillen ("to toil, work"), from Old French travailler ("to trouble, suffer, be worn out"). See travail. Displaced native Middle English faren ("to travel, fare") (from Old English faran ("to travel, journey")), Middle English lithen ("to go, travel") (from Old English līþan ("to go, travel")), Middle English feren ("to go, travel") (from Old English fÄ“ran ("to go, travel")), Middle English Èewalken, iwalken ("to walk about, travel") (from Old English Ä¡ewealcan ("to go, traverse")), Middle English swinken ("to work, travel") (from Old English swincan ("to labour, work at")). More at fare.
Full definition of travel
Verb
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.I like to travel.
- (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.Soundwaves can travel through water.
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).I’ve travelled the world.
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- SpenserThey shall not be travelled forth of their own franchises.
- (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
Noun
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(countable and uncountable; plural travels)- The act of traveling.space traveltravel to Spain
- pl A series of journeys.
- pl An account of one's travels.I’m off on my travels around France again.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment.My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
- (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.