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JOURNEYING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of traveling from one place to another
Synonyms:
journey; journeying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("journeying" is a kind of...):
travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)
Meronyms (parts of "journeying"):
leg; stage (a section or portion of a journey or course)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "journeying"):
commute (a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work)
drive; ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
long haul (a journey over a long distance)
mush (a journey by dogsled)
odyssey (a long wandering and eventful journey)
trip (a journey for some purpose (usually including the return))
passage; transit (a journey usually by ship)
expedition (a journey organized for a particular purpose)
digression; excursion (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))
circuit; tour (a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area)
pilgrim's journey; pilgrimage (a journey to a sacred place)
excursion; expedition; jaunt; junket; outing; pleasure trip; sashay (a journey taken for pleasure)
voyage (a journey to some distant place)
way (a journey or passage)
Derivation:
journey (undertake a journey or trip)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb journey
Context examples:
It ill becomes me to prate too much of what I have endured for the faith, and yet, since you have observed it, I must tell you that this thickness and roundness of the waist is caused by a dropsy brought on by over-haste in journeying from the house of Pilate to the Mount of Olives.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
