travel

English

/ˈtɹævəl/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
  • (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
  • (intransitive) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  • (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
  • (transitive) To force to journey.
  • (obsolete) To labour; to travail.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English travelen (make a laborious journey, travel) derived from travailen (work, travel, toil) borrowed from Old French travailler (suffer, trouble, be worn out).

Origin

Old French

travailler

Gloss

suffer, trouble, be worn out

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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