Travel can be a verb or a noun. The other forms of the verb are travels, travelling, travelled in British English, and travels, traveling, traveled in American English.
If you make a journey to a place, you can say that you travel there.
When you travel, you go to several places, especially in foreign countries.
Travel is the act of travelling. When travel has this meaning, it is an uncountable noun.
When someone has made several journeys to different places, especially places a long way from their home, you can refer to these journeys as their travels.
Be Careful!
Don't talk about 'a travel'. Instead you talk about a journey, a trip, or a voyage.
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| Noun | 1. | travel - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" walk - the act of walking somewhere; "he took a walk after lunch" circumnavigation - traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe" peregrination - traveling or wandering around roving, vagabondage, wandering - travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" wayfaring - traveling (especially on foot) crossing - traveling across driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another stage, leg - a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" staging - travel by stagecoach on the road, on tour - travelling about; "they took the show on the road"; "they lost all their games on the road" junketing - taking an excursion for pleasure water travel, seafaring - travel by water commutation, commuting - the travel of a commuter |
| 2. | travel - a movement through space that changes the location of somethingascension - (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon circulation - free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant); "ocean circulation is an important part of global climate"; "a fan aids air circulation" creep - a slow longitudinal movement or deformation gravitation - movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps" levitation - movement upward in virtue of lightness descent - a movement downward fall - a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" stampede - a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) translation - a uniform movement without rotation | |
| 3. | travel - self-propelled movement movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" brachiation - swinging by the arms from branch to branch step - the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; "he walked with unsteady steps" gait - a horse's manner of moving running, run - the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" crawling, creeping, crawl, creep - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" dance step, step - a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step" stroke - any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing | |
| Verb | 1. | travel - 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"circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" carry - cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green" ease - move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" whish - move with a whishing sound; "The car whished past her" float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" swap - move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science seek - go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level" whine - move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us" fly - be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying" ride - move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" come - cover a certain distance; "She came a long way" ghost - move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" betake oneself - displace oneself; go from one location to another travel - undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" wend - direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds" do - travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" raft - travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" get about, get around - move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?" resort, repair - move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" cruise - travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" round - wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend" trundle - move heavily; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue" push - move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward" travel purposefully - travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal swing - change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward" rove, stray, roam, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" take the air, walk - take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" meander, thread, wind, wander, weave - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" crawl, creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" scramble - to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them" slither, slide - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" roll, wheel - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" glide - move smoothly and effortlessly breeze - to proceed quickly and easily be adrift, drift, float, blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" play - move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians" swim - move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" stay in place - be stationary |
| 2. | travel - undertake a journey or trip tour - make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer" globe-trot - travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing sledge - ride in or travel with a sledge; "the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline"; "The children sledged all day by the lake" navigate, voyage, sail - travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" trek - make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis" trek - journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" | |
| 3. | travel - make a trip for pleasure commute - travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home peregrinate - travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge" | |
| 4. | travel - travel upon or across; "travel the oceans"go, locomote, move, travel - 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" sail - traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone" ship - travel by ship ride - ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California" fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic" cruise - drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure; "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible" | |
| 5. | travel - undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508"go, locomote, move, travel - 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" fly - travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?" hop - travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country" ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" | |
| 6. | travel - travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judgego, locomote, move, travel - 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" itinerate - travel from place to place, as for work; "an itinerating merchant" |