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To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.

Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Obs.] Shak.

Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced. [Written also travelled.] The traveled thane, Athenian Aberdeen. Byron.

One who travels; one who has traveled much.

subject to much traffic or travel; as, the region's most heavily traveled highways. Syn. -- heavily traveled. [WordNet 1.5]

To exceed in speed o Mad. D' Arblay.

Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.

That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. Johnson.

Pertaining to a walk. [R.] The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels. Sir H. Wotton.

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.

In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.

To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. "Arrived in Padua." Shak. [Æneas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum…

ion stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also, an explosion in the exhaust passages of such ah engine.

The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.

ng bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.

or path. Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than blaze out the road to be traveled by others. Nott.

A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. To sit, ride, or travel bodkin, to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback. Sir W. Scott.