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English Dictionary: travel by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
travel
n
  1. the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
    Synonym(s): travel, traveling, travelling
  2. a movement through space that changes the location of something
    Synonym(s): change of location, travel
  3. self-propelled movement
    Synonym(s): locomotion, travel
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
    Antonym(s): stay in place
  2. undertake a journey or trip
    Synonym(s): travel, journey
  3. make a trip for pleasure
    Synonym(s): travel, trip, jaunt
  4. travel upon or across; "travel the oceans"
    Synonym(s): travel, journey
  5. undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508"
  6. travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
    Synonym(s): travel, move around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Travel \Trav"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Traveled}or {Travelled};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Traveling} or {Travelling}.] [Properly, to
      labor, and the same word as travail.]
      1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.] --Hooker.
  
      2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the
            city, or through the streets.
  
      3. 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. To pass; to go; to move.
  
                     Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Travel \Trav"el\, v. t.
      1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
            [bd]I travel this profound.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. To force to journey. [R.]
  
                     They shall not be traveled forth of their own
                     franchises.                                       --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Travel \Trav"el\, n.
      1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a
            journey.
  
                     With long travel I am stiff and weary. --Shak.
  
                     His travels ended at his country seat. --Dryden.
  
      2. pl. 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.
  
      3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as,
            the travel of a slide valve.
  
      4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]
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