travel

travel [trav′əl]

vi.

traveled or travelled, traveling or travelling [var. of TRAVAIL]

1. to go from one place to another; make a journey or journeys

2. to go from place to place as a traveling salesman

3. to walk or run

4. to move, pass, or be transmitted from one point or place to another

5. to move or be capable of moving in a given path or for a given distance: said of mechanical parts, etc.

6. to advance or progress

☆ 7. Basketball to illegally move both feet while holding the ball

8. Informal to associate or spend time ( with)

9. Informal to move with speed

vt.

1. to make a journey over or through; traverse

2. Informal to cause to move or pass along

n.

1. the act or process of traveling

2. [pl.]

a) the trips, journeys, tours, etc. taken by a person or persons

b) an account of these

3. passage or movement of any kind

4. traffic on a route, through a place, etc.

5.

a) mechanical motion, esp. reciprocating motion

b) the distance of a mechanical stroke, etc.