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Entry 10 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Travel

/trăv'-əl/ · Trav·el · IPA /ˈtɹævəl/
01 v. i. To labor; to travail.
imp. & p. p. Traveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling
  1. 1.
    To labor; to travail.[Obsoles.]
  2. 2.
    To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.
  3. 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. 4.
    To pass; to go; to move.
    “Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.” Shak.
02 v. t. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
  1. 1.
    To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
  2. 2.
    To force to journey.[R.]
    “They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises.” Spenser.
03 n. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.
  1. 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. 2.
    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. 3.
    The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.(Mach.)
  4. 4.
    Labor; parturition; travail.[Obs.]