traveling

trav·el  (trvl)

v. trav·eled or trav·elled, trav·el·ing or trav·el·ling, trav·els

v.intr.

1. To go from one place to another, as on a trip; journey.

2. To go from place to place as a salesperson or agent.

3. To be transmitted, as light or sound; move or pass.

4. To advance or proceed.

5. To go about in the company of a particular group; associate: travels in wealthy circles.

6. To move along a course, as in a groove.

7. To admit of being transported without loss of quality; Some wines travel poorly.

8. Informal To move swiftly.

9. Basketball To walk or run illegally while holding the ball.

v.tr.

To pass or journey over or through; traverse: travel the roads of Europe.

n.

1. The act or process of traveling; movement or passage from one place to another.

2. travels

a. A series of journeys.

b. An account of one's journeys.

3. Activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.

4. The activity or business of arranging trips or providing services for travelers.

5.

a. The motion of a piece of machinery, especially of a reciprocating part; stroke.

b. The length of a mechanical stroke.

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[Middle English travelen, alteration of travailen, to toil, from Old French travailler; see travail.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

traveling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" travel, travelling 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 traversal, traverse - travel across 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