Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of laboring; labor; toil.
  • noun The act of making a journey, especially in foreign countries.
  • noun Motion of any kind; change of place; passage.
  • Itinerant; peddling.
  • Movable; moving: as, a traveling crane. See crane, 1.
  • Nautical, movable from place to place on a traveler.

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  • verb Present participle of travel.
  • noun basketball A violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.

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  • noun the act of going from one place to another

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Examples

  • One of my greatests pleasures in traveling is eating and exploring the local cuisine.

    Grasshoppers 2006

  • Mississippi used to have what they called a traveling electric chair.

    My Grandfather's Execution 2010

  • Now to be part of what you call the traveling press, meaning those reporters who are traveling with them in the plane, who are following them 24/7, all of our requests so far have been denied.

    CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2008 2008

  • This year's gas prices combined with other troubling aspects of the U.S. economy have pushed some Americans to what we call the traveling tipping point.

    CNN Transcript May 15, 2008 2008

  • For one American client who traveled to Zurich to meet with Casadei, the banker provided what she called "traveling statements," or bank statements that did not identify the client, who had inherited his assets, by name, the indictment said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Nina - (that's what you call your traveling companions when you want to let her know that perhaps her actions aren't of the prudent sort) how do you know this guy's for real?

    The Other Side of the Ocean 2009

  • I do not want to go through Monclova and am looking for routes to bypass that city, that would allow traveling from the border to San Miguel in one day.

    Best way to bypass (avoid) Monclova 2009

  • I do not want to go through Monclova and am looking for routes to bypass that city, that would allow traveling from the border to San Miguel in one day.

    Best way to bypass (avoid) Monclova 2009

  • No tell motels are a great help to us in traveling around Mexico with them.

    no tell Motels on outskirts of Morelia 2009

  • RT @EdHenryCNN: The WH press office just called reporters in traveling pool to show up & get ready for the motorcade taking Pres to Cap Hill

    CNN tweets Obama speech 2009

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