Travel /(?)/

Trav·el

Travel

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Traveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Traveling

  1. To labor; to travail. [Obsoles.]
  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.

Travel

v. t.
  1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
  2. To force to journey. [R.]
    They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises.

Travel

n.
  1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.
    With long travel I am stiff and weary.
    His travels ended at his country seat.
  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. The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve. (Mach.)
  4. Labor; parturition; travail. [Obs.]