Voyage

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voyage \Voy"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voyaged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Voyaging}.] [Cf. F. voyager.]
     To take a voyage; especially, to sail or pass by water.
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           A mind forever


           Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voyage \Voy"age\ (?; 48), n. [OE. veage, viage, OF. veage,
     viage, veiage, voiage, F. voyage, LL. viaticum, fr. L.
     viaticum traveling money, provision for a journey, from
     viaticus belonging to a road or journey, fr. via way, akin to
     E. way. See {Way}, n., and cf. {Convey}, {Deviate},
     {Devious}, {Envoy}, {Trivial}, {Viaduct}, {Viaticum}.]
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     1. Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in
        general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or
        water from one place, port, or country, to another;
        especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant
        place or country.
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              I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. --J.
                                                    Fletcher.
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              So steers the prudent crane
              Her annual voyage, borne on winds.    --Milton.
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              All the voyage of their life
              Is bound in shallows and in miseries. --Shak.
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     2. The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.]
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              Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage
              into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     3. Course; way. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voyage \Voy"age\, v. t.
     To travel; to pass over; to traverse.
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           With what pain
           [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  voyage
       n 1: an act of traveling by water [syn: {ocean trip}]
       2: a journey to some distant place
       v : travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other
           means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [syn:
           {sail}, {navigate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "voyage":
     boat, campaign, canoe, carry sail, circuit, circumnavigate, coast,
     course, cover, cross, crossing, cruise, do, excursion, expedition,
     fare, globe-trot, go abroad, go by ship, go on safari,
     go on shipboard, go over, go overseas, go to sea, grand tour,
     hit the trail, jaunt, journey, junket, leg, make a journey,
     make a passage, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, measure, motorboat,
     navigate, ocean trip, outing, overpass, package tour, pass over,
     pass through, passage, patrol, perambulate, peregrinate,
     peregrination, pererrate, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, ply,
     progress, range, range over, range the world, reconnoiter,
     round trip, row, rubberneck, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sail,
     sail round, sail the sea, sally, scour, scour the country, scout,
     scull, sea trip, seafare, shakedown cruise, shoot, sight-see,
     stalk, steam, steamboat, sweep, take a trip, take a voyage,
     take the road, tour, track, transit, travel over, travel through,
     traverse, trek, trip, turn, wayfare, yacht