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Meaning of travel

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  travel
      n 1: the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed
           selling but he hated the travel" [syn: {travel},
           {traveling}, {travelling}]
      2: a movement through space that changes the location of
         something [syn: {change of location}, {travel}]
      3: self-propelled movement [syn: {locomotion}, {travel}]
      v 1: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also
           metaphorically; "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 before
           night fell"; "news travelled fast" [syn: {travel}, {go},
           {move}, {locomote}] [ant: {stay in place}]
      2: undertake a journey or trip [syn: {travel}, {journey}]
      3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: {travel}, {trip}, {jaunt}]
      4: travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: {travel},
         {journey}]
      5: undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North
         on Rte. 508"
      6: travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding
         work, preaching, or acting as a judge [syn: {travel}, {move
         around}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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