travelv. i.[Properly, to labor, and the same word as travail.]1. To labor; to travail.(Hooker.)2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.()3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; he is traveling in California.()4. To pass; to go; to move.()Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. (Shak.)v. t.1. To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.(Milton.)2. To force to journey.()They shall not be traveled forth of their own franchises. (Spenser.)n.1. The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.()With long travel I am stiff and weary. (Shak.)His travels ended at his country seat. (Dryden.)2. An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.()3. (Mach.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.()4. Labor; parturition; travail.()