Tour : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tour	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tour n a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" Synonym(s): tour, circuit a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" Synonym(s): go, spell, tour, turn a period of time spent in military service Synonym(s): enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour v make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Tower}.] A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See {Turn}, v. t.] 1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. --Milton. 2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore. 3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty. Syn: Journey; excursion. See {Journey}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tour \Tour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Touring}.] To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. --T. Hughes.