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travel

/ˈtɹævəl/ verb A1
  1. To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. (intransitive) · John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.· Snakes do not travel well.
  2. To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit. (intransitive) · Soundwaves can travel through water.· The supposedly secret news of Mary's engagement travelled quickly through her group of friends.
  3. To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball. (intransitive)
  4. To travel throughout (a place). (transitive) · I’ve travelled the world.
  5. To force to journey. (transitive)

Plural travel · He/she/it travels · Past traveled · Past participle traveled · -ing form traveling

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Verb forms

Base form
travel
He/she/it
travels
Past
traveled
Past participle
traveled
-ing form
traveling

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SMOOTH it slides upon its travel,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1
They have their regular roads and crossroads, up hills and down hills, all laid out from fifty to seventy or a hundred feet above ground, and by these they can travel even at night if necessary.
The Jungle Book, p. 38 · B2
As they walked on, the green glow became brighter and brighter, and it seemed that at last they were nearing the end of their travels.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 61 · B2
She saw all her wolves lying dead, and the strangers still traveling through her country.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 79 · B2

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.