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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
  ``I  travel  this  profound.''  --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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  travel 
  n  1:  the  act  of  going  from  one  place  to  another;  "he  enjoyed 
  selling  but  he  hated  the  travel"  [syn:  {traveling},  {travelling}] 
  2:  a  movement  through  space  that  changes  the  location  of 
  something  [syn:  {change  of  location}] 
  3:  self-propelled  movement  [syn:  {locomotion}] 
  v  1:  change  location;  move  travel,  or  proceed;  "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"  [syn:  {go},  {move}, 
  {locomote}]  [ant:  {stay  in  place}] 
  2:  travel  as  for  pleasure  and  sightseeing;  go  on  travels  [syn: 
  {journey}] 
  3:  make  a  trip  for  pleasure  [syn:  {trip},  {jaunt}] 
  4:  travel  upon  or  across  "travel  the  oceans"  [syn:  {journey}] 
  5:  undergo  transportation,  as  in  a  vehicle




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