travelled.html - {v. phr.} To travel with very little luggage or with very little to carry. * /Plane passengers must travel light./ * /Tom and Fred traveled light on their camping trip./

travelled.html - v. & n.
--v.

intr. & tr. (travelled, travelling; US traveled, traveling)
1 intr. go from one place to another; make a journey esp. of some length or abroad.
2 tr. a journey along or through (a country). b cover (a distance) in travelling.
3 intr. colloq. withstand a long journey (wines that do not travel).
4 intr. go from place to place as a salesman.
5 intr. move or proceed in a specified manner or at a specified rate (light travels faster than sound).
6 intr. colloq. move quickly.
7 intr. pass esp. in a deliberate or systematic manner from point to point (the photographer's eye travelled over the scene).
8 intr. (of a machine or part) move or operate in a specified way.
9 intr. (of deer etc.) move onwards in feeding.

--n.

1 a the act of travelling, esp. in foreign countries. b (often in pl.) a spell of this (have returned from their travels).
2 the range, rate, or mode of motion of a part in machinery.

travel agency (or bureau) an agency that makes the necessary arrangements for travellers. travel agent a person or firm acting as a travel agency. travelling crane a crane able to move on rails, esp. along an overhead support. travelling-rug a rug used for warmth on a journey. travelling wave Physics a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation. travel-sick suffering from nausea caused by motion in travelling. travel-sickness the condition of being travel-sick. [ME, orig. = TRAVAIL]

travelled.html - adj.
experienced in travelling (also in comb.: much-travelled).

travelled.html - n.
(US traveler)
1 a person who travels or is travelling.
2 a travelling salesman.
3 a Gypsy.
4 Austral. an itinerant workman; a swagman.
5 a moving mechanism, esp. a travelling crane.

traveller's cheque (US check) a cheque for a fixed amount that may be cashed on signature, usu. internationally. traveller's joy a wild clematis, Clematis vitalba. traveller's tale an incredible and probably untrue story.

travelled.html - n.
a film or illustrated lecture about travel. [TRAVEL after monologue etc.]

travelled.html - {v. phr.} To travel with very little luggage or with very little to carry. * /Plane passengers must travel light./ * /Tom and Fred traveled light on their camping trip./