Travel | Mean of travel in English Dictionary

/ˈtrævəl/

• Verb
• to go on a trip or journey
1. The birds are traveling south for the winter.
2. His job requires him to travel frequently.
3. She enjoys traveling around Europe.
4. traveling by bus/car/plane/train
5. They traveled cross-country from New York to California.
6. I prefer to travel light. [=to travel with very little baggage]
7. My mind traveled back to my childhood. [=I began thinking about my childhood]
• to go through or over (a place) during a trip or journey
1. They traveled the countryside.
• to move from one place to another
1. The car was traveling at a very high (rate of) speed.
2. The pain traveled down his back.
3. the way that sound travels in an empty room
4. Her eyes traveled around the room. [=she looked around the room]

• to go fast
1. That car was really traveling when it passed us.
• to be brought from one place to another
1. The order/shipment is traveling by plane.
2. a dish that travels well [=that is easily moved and does not break, make messes, etc.]
• to spread or be passed from one place or person to another
1. The news of his death traveled fast.
• to spend time with a particular group or kind of people
1. She travels in conservative political circles.
2. He traveled with a sophisticated crowd.
• to take more steps while holding a basketball than the rules allow
1. I saw him travel.
2. The referee called her for traveling.
• Noun
• the act or activity of traveling
1. She doesn't enjoy foreign travel.
2. Air travel was affected by the storm.
3. train/rail travel
4. The book discusses the future of travel in outer space.
5. travel books
6. travel costs/expenses
7. a travel bag/mug [=a bag/mug that is designed to be used while you are traveling]
• trips or journeys to distant places
1. We extended our travels for another week.
2. travels in foreign lands