travel
has definitions from the field of transportation
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[ verb ] change location; move, travel, or proceed
Examples "How fast does your new car go?" "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus" "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect" "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)It is not through space nor time that the time_machine most approved by science_fiction must travel for a visit to the permanent prehistoric past , or the ever existent past fantasy future . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)After it has reached terminal_velocity , the time for the tape to travel a known distance is recorded . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)The smaller the particle the further it will travel downwind before settling out . In the first trial an inert substance was disseminated from a boat travelling some ten miles off shore under appropriately selected meteorological_conditions . Four_hundred and fifty pounds was disseminated while the ship was traveling a distance of 156 miles . Related terms stay_in_place walk come return follow repair_to ride fall turn fly pass crawl travel_by travel_rapidly rise drive step advance descend rush follow wander proceed float slither swim wheel withdraw pursue scramble accompany walk step pull circle swing back pace play go_around ease bounce come circle float draw run stray round glide hurtle career trundle transfer ascend weave precede ride flock angle speed shuttle trail whistle steam drift wend taxi rip lurch fly zigzag cruise pan get_around ghost pass_over plow sift bang drag drive fall do whine retrograde raft carry float swap breeze derail circulate billow zoom seek whisk hiss slice_into outflank lance circuit betake_oneself whish propagate swash ski retreat automobile island_hop run wash ferry travel_purposefully ride move_around precess prance push repair step beetle drive snowshoe forge navigate repair_to continue climb travel_by rise advance advance descend elapse withdraw sink sink abscond go_around set go_out move_out move motion movement traveler change_of_location locomotion locomotion |
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[ verb ] undertake a journey or trip
Synonyms Used in print (Guideposts BR-E01. Mr. America, 4:6 (November, 1961)...)Throughout these exciting years I have been fortunate for , although I have never offered great financial inducements , talent has found its way to me : William_Boal who so ably organizes business operations ; John_Beach who guides circulation ; Irving_Granville and Nelson_Rector who travel widely calling_on business_firms . (Julia Newman, "Travel and Camera USA"...)Wisconsin_Dells , where fantastically scenic rocks carved by the Wisconsin_River are overgrown with fern and other foliage , rates a stopover when traveling from Chicago . (Ann Carnahan, Nick Manero's Cook-out Barbeque...)If you travel over the vast U._S._A. you will , no_doubt , discover that feeding is an expensive business . (Modern Maturity, 4:6...)Travel , if you can . |
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[ noun ] (transportation) the act of going from one place to another
Synonyms Examples "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The respective vocabularies `` essential for travel '' are available in separate albums . |
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[ verb ] make a trip for pleasure
Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Why not have them travel the state in November debating ? (Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)More_and_more boats move overland on wheels ( 1.8 million trailers are now in_use ) and Midwesterners taking long weekends can travel south with their craft . (Guideposts BR-E01. Mr. America, 4:6 (November, 1961)...)There are people who travel long distances to assure my continued existence . |
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[ verb ] (transportation) travel upon or across
Synonyms Examples "travel the oceans" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)The route which he had traveled and which he believed might develop_into a trade_route was followed by his settlers earlier than he might have expected . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)To find_out , we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled , in the daytime at_least , by the Royal_Lao_Army : from Attopeu , the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast , to Muong_Sing , the City of Lions in the northwest , close to Communist_China ( map , page 250 ) . |
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[ verb ] (transportation) undergo transportation as in a vehicle
Examples "We travelled North on Rte. 508" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)Despite generally good levels of income , we see greater price pressures than ever before - traveling back along the chain from consumer to distributor to manufacturer . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a movement through space that changes the location of something
Synonyms Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)By means of charts showing wave travel times and depths in the ocean at various locations , it is possible to estimate the rate of approach and probable time_of_arrival at Hawaii of a tsunami getting under_way at any spot in the Pacific . |
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[ verb ] travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
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[ noun ] self-propelled movement
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