Travel meaning

trav·el

ˈtravəl/

verb

verb: travel; 3rd person present: travels; past tense: travelled; past participle: travelled; gerund or present participle: travelling; past tense: traveled; past participle: traveled; gerund or present participle: traveling

1. 1.

   make a journey, typically of some length or abroad.

   "the vessel had been traveling from Libya to Ireland"

   • journey along (a road) or through (a region).

     "he traveled the world with the army"

     synonyms:

     journey, tour, take a trip, voyage, explore, go sightseeing, globe-trot, backpack, gallivant; More archaicperegrinate "Tim spent much of his time traveling abroad" journey through, cross, traverse, cover; roam, wander, rove, range, trek "we traveled the length and breadth of the island"

   • go or be moved from place to place.

     "a traveling exhibition"

     synonyms:

     nomadic, itinerant, peripatetic, wandering, roaming, roving, wayfaring, migrant, vagrant, of no fixed address "in those days, many a tired traveling man would stop at Aunt Dilly's for some hot soup and a warm bath"

   • informal

     resist motion sickness, damage, or some other impairment on a journey.

     "he usually travels well"
   • be enjoyed or successful away from the place of origin.

     "accordion music travels well"
   • dated

     go from place to place as a sales representative.

     "he traveled for a shoe company through Mississippi"
   • (of an object or radiation) move, typically in a constant or predictable way.

     "light travels faster than sound"

     synonyms:

     move, be transmitted "light travels faster than sound"

   • informal

     (especially of a vehicle) move quickly.
2. 2.

   Basketball

   take more than the allowed number of steps (typically two) while holding the ball without dribbling it.

noun

noun: travel

1. 1.

   the action of traveling, typically abroad.

   "I have a job that involves a lot of travel"

   • journeys, especially long or exotic ones.

     plural noun: travels

     "perhaps you'll write a book about your travels"

     synonyms:

     journeys, expeditions, trips, tours, excursions, voyages, treks, safaris, explorations, wanderings, odysseys, pilgrimages, jaunts, junkets; More traveling, touring, sightseeing, backpacking, globe-trotting, gallivanting; archaicperegrinations "she amassed great wealth during her travels"

   • (of a device) designed so as to be sufficiently compact for use on a journey.

     modifier noun: travel

     "a travel iron"
   • the range, rate, or mode of motion of a part of a machine.