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traveling

/ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/

traveling is the present participle and gerund of travel.

Noun

traveling (plural travelings)

  1. A violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.
  2. The action of the verb travel.

Meaning of travel

Verb

travel (third-person singular simple present travels, present participle (US) traveling or (UK) travelling, simple past and past participle (US) traveled or (UK) travelled)

  1. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
    • John seems to spend as much time travelling as he does in the office.
  2. (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
    • Soundwaves can travel through water.
    Synonyms:
    range
  3. (intransitive) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
  4. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
    • I’ve travelled the world.
  5. (transitive) To force to journey.
    • They shall not be travailed forth of their own franchises.1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
  6. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
    • Necessity will make men fare hard, and work hard, and travel hard, go bare, and suffer much; yea it will even cut off a leg or arm to save their lives;1707, Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter, page 646

See all 13 meanings of travel

Adjective

traveling (not comparable)

  1. That travels (with one).

Forms of traveling

Verb
alternative formtravelling
Noun
pluraltravelings

Origin of traveling

From travel + -ing.

Words formed from traveling

Phrases with traveling

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Questions about traveling

What does traveling mean?
Traveling means a violation committed by progressing while holding the ball instead of dribbling it.
What is traveling the present participle and gerund of?
Traveling is the present participle and gerund of travel.
What part of speech is traveling?
Traveling can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce traveling?
Traveling is pronounced /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/.
What is the plural of traveling?
The plural of traveling is travelings.

Words near traveling in the dictionary

  1. travelest
  2. traveleth
  3. Travelgate
  4. travelholic
  5. travelholics
  6. traveling
  7. traveling crane
  8. traveling cranes
  9. traveling expenses
  10. traveling light
  11. traveling purchaser problem

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