Travel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used without object), trav·eled, trav·el·ing or (especially British) trav·elled, trav·el·ling.
  1. to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
  2. to move or go from one place or point to another.
  3. to proceed or advance in any way.
  4. to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm.
  5. to associate or consort: He travels in a wealthy crowd.
  6. to move with speed.
  7. to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound.
  8. (of a player in possession of the ball) to take more than two steps without dribbling or passing the ball.
  9. to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism.
verb (used with object), trav·eled, trav·el·ing or (especially British) trav·elled, trav·el·ling.
  1. to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road.
  2. to journey or traverse (a specified distance): We traveled a hundred miles.
  3. to cause to journey; ship: to travel logs downriver.
noun
  1. the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places: to travel to other planets.
  2. travels,
    • journeys; wanderings: to set out on one's travels.
    • journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work: a book of travels.
    • such an account or work.
  3. the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage; traffic: an increase in travel on state roads.
  4. an instance of traveling with the ball.
  5. Machinery.
    • the complete movement of a moving part, especially a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed; stroke.
    • length of stroke.
  6. movement or passage in general: to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table.
adjective
  1. used or designed for use while traveling: a travel alarm clock.
verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (mainly intr)
  1. to go, move, or journey from one place to another
  2. to go, move, or journey through or across (an area, region, etc)
  3. to go, move, or cover a specified or unspecified distance
  4. to go from place to place as a salesman
  5. (esp of perishable goods) to withstand a journey
  6. (of light, sound, etc) to be transmitted or move
  7. to progress or advance
  8. to take an excessive number of steps while holding the ball
  9. (of part of a mechanism) to move in a fixed predetermined path
  10. to move rapidly
  11. to be in the company (of); associate
noun
    • the act of travelling
    • (as modifier)
  2. a tour or journey
  3. the distance moved by a mechanical part, such as the stroke of a piston
  4. movement or passage
Travel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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