Definitions for travel
ˈtræv əltrav·el

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. travel, traveling, travelling(noun)

   the act of going from one place to another

   "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

2. change of location, travel(noun)

   a movement through space that changes the location of something

3. locomotion, travel(verb)

   self-propelled movement

4. travel, go, move, locomote(verb)

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

   "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

5. travel, journey(verb)

   undertake a journey or trip

6. travel, trip, jaunt(verb)

   make a trip for pleasure

7. travel, journey(verb)

   travel upon or across

   "travel the oceans"

8. travel(verb)

   undergo transportation as in a vehicle

   "We travelled North on Rte. 508"

9. travel, move around(verb)

   travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. travel(Noun)

   The act of travel(l)ing

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

2. travel(Noun)

   a series of journeys

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

3. travel(Noun)

   an account of one's travels

   I'm off on my travels around France again.

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

4. travel(Noun)

   The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

5. travel(Noun)

   The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

6. travel(Noun)

   Labour; parturition; travail.

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

7. travel(Verb)

   To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

   I like to travel.

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

8. travel(Verb)

   To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.

   Soundwaves can travel through water.

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

9. travel(Verb)

   To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.

   Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

10. travel(Verb)

    To travel throughout (a place).

    I've travelled the world.

    Etymology: travelen from Middle Scots travailen "to toil, work, travel", alteration of travaillen, from travailler "to trouble, suffer, be worn out". See travail. Displaced native faren (from faran), lithen (from liþan), feren (from feran), iwalken (from gewealcan), swinken (from swincan). More at fare.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Travel(verb)

   to labor; to travail

2. Travel(verb)

   to go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets

3. Travel(verb)

   to pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California

4. Travel(verb)

   to pass; to go; to move

5. Travel(verb)

   to journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent

6. Travel(verb)

   to force to journey

7. Travel(noun)

   the act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey

8. Travel(noun)

   an account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy

9. Travel(noun)

   the length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve

10. Travel(noun)

    labor; parturition; travail

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Travel

   Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Travel

   trav′el, v.i. to walk: to journey: to pass: to move.—v.t. to pass: to journey over:—pr.p. trav′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. trav′elled.—n. act of passing from place to place: journey: labour: (pl.) an account of a journey.—p.adj. Trav′elled, having made journeys: knowing.—ns. Trav′eller, one who travels: a wayfarer: one who travels for a mercantile house: a ring that slides along a rope or spar; Trav′eller's-joy, the virgin's-bower, Clematis Vitalba; Trav′eller's-tale, a story that cannot be accepted, a tall story, an astounding lie, a whopper; Trav′eller's-tree, a remarkable Madagascar tree, its stem resembling a plantain, but sending out leaves only on two opposite sides, like a great expanded fan.—adj. Trav′elling.—ns. Trav′elling-bag, a bag for carrying necessaries on a journey, toilet articles, &c.; Trav′elling-carr′iage, a heavy carriage, fitted up for travelling in before railways; Trav′elling-cou′vert, a set of table utensils, arranged to pack up easily for travelling; Trav′elling-crane, a crane fixed on a carriage which may be moved on rails; Trav′elling-dress, a plain and easy dress to wear when travelling.—p.adjs. Trav′el-soiled, -stained, showing the marks of travel; Trav′el-taint′ed (Shak.), fatigued with travel, harassed. [A form of travail.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Travel

   Aspects of health and disease related to travel. It includes the physiologic and psychologic beneficial or adverse effects of travel in general or with regard to specific diseases.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. travel

   To convey or transmit from a location to a specific location.

   The data travels on the network system at superluminal speed.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 28, 2020  

2. travel

   To use a form of transport.

   The travel company were very efficient and friendly.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 2, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'travel' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2815

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'travel' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2664

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'travel' in Nouns Frequency: #1116

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'travel' in Verbs Frequency: #253

Anagrams for travel »

1. varlet

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of travel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of travel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of travel in a Sentence

1. John Kasich:

   What I have found as I travel around the country for this book or I just travel around period is that people come to me and many of them are just almost begging me to run again.

2. Humberto Leon:

   It was really about traveling and adapting and assimilating as you travel, picking up pieces, collecting as you go, not necessarily clothing but more emotions and trinkets and souvenirs.

3. Brian Kyle:

   The worst that could happen is that travel is impacted, intermittent power outages and any time you have substantial rain in a large metro area, the concrete ground doesn't absorb water and that results in flooding.

4. Jessica Thon-Ralph:

   There is always that thought when you travel, especially when you have children and when you go to new and unknown places. It is now more upfront in our minds, for sure, do I feel that it will happen again next weekend? I don't believe so. Unfortunately, there are the 'what ifs' that are nagging at me.

5. Richard Williams:

   There are many ex-graduates who came from Camborne, actually trained at South Crofty, and now ply their trade around the world, but many of them still live in Cornwall and I'm sure many of them would like to come back and work at South Crofty rather than travel internationally.

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