travel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of going from one place to another

   They enjoyed their sales job, but hated the travel.

2. 2
   verb

   change location

   move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

3. 3
   verb

   undergo transportation as in a vehicle

   We travelled North on Rte. 508

4. 4
   verb

   travel upon or across

   travel the oceans

5. 5
   verb

   To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.

   John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.

6. 6
   verb

   To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.

   (ballistics)

7. 7
   verb

   To travel throughout (a place).

   I’ve travelled the world.

8. 8
   verb

   To force to journey.

   They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English travelen (“to make a laborious journey, travel”) from Middle Scots travailen (“to toil, work, travel”), alteration of Middle English travaillen (“to toil, work”), from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See the doublets travail and travois. Compare typologically routine << Latin rupta via. Note the inverse semantic vectors: travel moves from a subjective state (toil) to an objective action (journey), while routine moves from an objective object (beaten path) to a subjective pattern (habit). Largely displaced native fare, from Old En…