travel
IPA: trˈævʌɫ
noun
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- (in the plural) A series of journeys.
- (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
- Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
verb
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
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Examples of "travel" in Sentences
- He travels across the world.
- The man was traveled around the world.
- This is how a superbug traveled the world.
- He travels around the world to study physiography.
- On the world map, the player travels by raft on the sea.
- Sorami is a young stewardess who travels around the world.
- Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to travel the world.
- He travels to the New World to escape the warrant of the Queen.
- I travel and study the world and everything is blooming and beautiful.
- Working as a freelancer from the beginning, Spielman traveled the world.
- I think I will make a note that the one place I do not wish to travel is to Florida.
- BLITZER: Some JetBlue passengers are furious over what they describe as a travel nightmare.
- To inspect as good as exam a travel is a unequivocally critical component in following a spirit.
- "To serve their senses that travel by it, or have no garden," interrupted Arthur, reading from the book, "and, oh, Mary! that reminds me -- _travel -- travellers.
- To do our job right we think this travel is a necessity so that we can better understand local customs, accounting differences, and trading differences between countries.
- The word "travel," after all, comes from the Old French travaillier - to labor, or suffer - and drivers were happy to trade the longueurs of the road for something fast, safe and predictable.
- Norwegian Cruise Line is offering what it calls travel protection, starting at $29 per person, that will provide a cash reimbursement of cancellation fees to guests who cancel because they lose their job.
- From white water rafting to cenote-diving, one of the hottest trends in travel is nature-based tourism, and many guidebooks respond by including extensive descriptions of flamingo tours, canyon cruises and sea-turtle habitats.