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Noun: travel  tra-vul
  1. The act of going from one place to another
    "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel";
    - traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. A movement through space that changes the location of something
    "The satellite's travel was tracked by ground stations";
    - change of location
     
  3. Self-propelled movement
    "Space travel has long been a dream of humanity";
    - locomotion
Verb: travel (travelled,travelling, or [US] traveled,traveling)  tra-vul
  1. Change location; proceed; also used metaphorically
    "How fast does your new car travel?";
    - go, move, locomote
     
  2. Undertake a journey or trip
    "They travelled to Japan for their honeymoon";
    - journey
     
  3. Make a trip for pleasure
    "They travelled to the countryside for the weekend";
    - trip, jaunt
     
  4. Move upon or across
    "travel the oceans";
    - journey
     
  5. Undergo transportation as in a vehicle
    "We traveled by train across Europe"; "The products travel by truck to the stores"
     
  6. Travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
    "The judge travelled the circuit to hear cases";
    - move around

Derived forms: travels, travelling, travelled

See also: arise, carry on, go out, go up, progress, run off, set, sink, slip by, spread, travel by

Type of: act, motion, move, movement

Encyclopedia: Travel