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trav·el
(trăv′əl)v. trav·eled, trav·el·ing, trav·els or trav·elled or trav·el·ling
v.intr.
1.
a. To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.
b. To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.
2.
a. To move or pass, as from one person to another: Reports of the king's death traveled from village to village.
b. To be transmitted, as light or sound: the speed at which sound travels through water.
c. To move along a course, as a phonograph needle in the groove of a record.
d. Informal To move swiftly: This car can really travel.
3. To go about in the company of a particular group; associate: travels in wealthy circles.
4. To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly.
5. Basketball To move illegally while holding the ball, usually by taking more than two steps between dribbles or by moving a foot that has been established as a pivot.
v.tr.
To pass or journey over or through; traverse: travel the roads of Europe.
n.
1. The act or process of traveling from one place to another: With the railroad, travel between cities became swift.
2. travels
a. A series of journeys: her travels in Africa.
b. An account of one's journeys.
3. The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers: She works in travel.
4.
a. Movement or passage: the travel of the planets around the sun.
b. The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.
c. The length of a mechanical stroke.
[Middle English travelen, alteration of travailen, to toil, from Old French travailler; see travail.]
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| Noun | 1. |  traveling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe" peregrination - traveling or wandering around roving, vagabondage, wandering - travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" wayfaring - traveling (especially on foot) crossing - traveling across driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another stage, leg - a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" staging - travel by stagecoach on the road, on tour - travelling about; "they took the show on the road"; "they lost all their games on the road" junketing - taking an excursion for pleasure water travel, seafaring - travel by water commutation, commuting - the travel of a commuter |
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traveling
adjectiveCapable of moving or being moved from place to place:
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Translations
cestování
det at rejse
matkailu
putovanje
旅行
여행
resande
การเดินทาง
sự du lịch
traveling
→ سَفَر cestování det at rejse Reisen ταξίδι viaje matkailu voyage putovanje viaggio 旅行 여행 reizen reising podróżowanie viagem путешествие resande การเดินทาง seyahat etme sự du lịch 旅行Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- I'm traveling alone (US)
I'm travelling alone (UK)
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