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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•el•er (trav′ə lər, trav′lər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that travels.
- a person who travels or has traveled in distant places or foreign lands.
- See traveling salesman.
- part of a mechanism constructed to move in a fixed course.
- [Textiles.](in ring spinning) a small metal device that moves rapidly around the ring and guides the yarn onto the revolving bobbin.
- [Naut.]
- a metal ring or thimble fitted to move freely on a rope, spar, or rod.
- Also called horse. the rope, spar, or rod itself.
- Also, trav′eler cur′tain.[Theat.]a transverse curtain opened by being drawn from both sides of the proscenium.
- ([often cap.]) [Chiefly Brit.]a member of any of a number of traditionally itinerant peoples of the British Isles and other English-speaking areas, including, in addition to people of Gypsy origin, autochthonous groups such as the speakers of Shelta.
Also, [esp. Brit.,] traveller.- Middle English travaillour. See travel, -er1 1325–75
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•el /ˈtrævəl/USA pronunciation v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, n., adj. v. - to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship: [no object]They traveled all night.[~ + object]They traveled the world and the seven seas.
- to proceed (at a certain speed or distance): [no object]The car was traveling at sixty miles an hour.[~ + object]We traveled nearly six hundred miles.
- to pass or be transmitted, as light or information:[no object]The news traveled quickly.
n. - the act of traveling, esp. to distant places:[uncountable]She enjoys painting, art, and travel.
- travels, [plural] journeys;
wanderings:In all my travels I never saw anything as beautiful as this sunset. adj. - for use while traveling:a travel alarm clock.
trav•el•er, trav•el•ler, n. [countable] Compare trip and travel. For a particular amount of traveling, the noun trip is usually used:I hope you had a pleasant trip.The trip took ten hours.The word travel is more often used as a noncount noun to refer to the general idea of traveling:She's interested in travel and tourism.When travels is used, it refers to a journey or trip that has many stops or involves many places:In all my travels I've never met so many helpful people. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•el (trav′əl),USA pronunciation v., -eled, -el•ing or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, n., adj. v.i. - to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship;
take a trip; journey:to travel for pleasure. - to move or go from one place or point to another.
- to proceed or advance in any way.
- to go from place to place as a representative of a business firm.
- to associate or consort:He travels in a wealthy crowd.
- [Informal.]to move with speed.
- to pass, or be transmitted, as light or sound.
- [Basketball.]walk (def. 9).
- to move in a fixed course, as a piece of mechanism.
v.t. - to travel, journey, or pass through or over, as a country or road.
- to journey or traverse (a specified distance):We traveled a hundred miles.
- to cause to journey;
ship:to travel logs downriver. n. - the act of traveling;
journeying, esp. to distant places:to travel to other planets. - travels:
- journeys;
wanderings:to set out on one's travels. - journeys as the subject of a written account or literary work:a book of travels.
- such an account or work.
- the coming and going of persons or conveyances along a way of passage;
traffic:an increase in travel on state roads. - [Mach.]
- the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction, or the distance traversed;
stroke. - length of stroke.
- movement or passage in general:to reduce the travel of food from kitchen to table.
adj. - used or designed for use while traveling:a travel alarm clock.
- Middle English (north and Scots), origin, originally the same word as travail (by shift "to toil, labor'' "to make a laborious journey'') 1325–75
trav ′el•a•ble, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•el•ler (trav′ə lər, trav′lər),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- traveler.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: traveller, US traveler /ˈtrævələ; ˈtrævlə/ n - a person who travels, esp habitually
- See travelling salesman
- a part of a mechanism that moves in a fixed course
- Austral a swagman
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