1. (v. i.) To labor; to travail.

2. (v. i.) To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.

3. (v. i.) 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. (v. i.) To pass; to go; to move.

5. (v. t.) To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.

6. (v. t.) To force to journey.

7. (n.) The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.

8. (n.) 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.

9. (n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.

10. (n.) Labor; parturition; travail.