journeying

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jour·ney

(jûr′nē)

n. pl. jour·neys

a. The act of traveling from one place to another, especially when involving a considerable distance; a trip.

b. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home.

2. A process or course likened to traveling, such as a series of trying experiences; a passage: the journey from addiction to recovery.

v. jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing, jour·neys

v.intr.

To make a journey; travel.

v.tr.

To travel over or through.

[Middle English journei, day, day's travel, journey, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, day, from neuter of Latin diurnus, of a day, from diēs, day; see diary.]

jour′ney·er n.

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journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another

journey

travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

stage, leg - a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"

commute - a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"

ride, drive - a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car"

long haul - a journey over a long distance; "it's a long haul from New York to Los Angeles"

mush - a journey by dogsled

odyssey - a long wandering and eventful journey

trip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"

transit, passage - a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"

expedition - a journey organized for a particular purpose

excursion, digression - wandering from the main path of a journey

schlep, shlep - a tedious or difficult journey

trek - a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)

tour, circuit - a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"

pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey - a journey to a sacred place

excursion, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, junket, sashay, expedition - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

voyage - a journey to some distant place

way - a journey or passage; "they are on the way"

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She had spent no money except what she had paid for her food, but she felt that this slow journeying would be intolerable for her another day, and in the morning she found her way to a coach- office to ask about the road to Windsor, and see if it would cost her too much to go part of the distance by coach again.

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"I will ask Spring where the Fire-Spirits dwell; she travels over the earth each year, and surely can show me the way," thought Ripple, as she went journeying on.

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"Even so," replied the stranger, making diligent use of his triangular castor, to produce a circulation in the close air of the woods, and leaving his hearers in doubt to which of the young man's questions he responded; when, however, he had cooled his face, and recovered his breath, he continued, "I hear you are riding to William Henry; as I am journeying thitherward myself, I concluded good company would seem consistent to the wishes of both parties."