Meaning of سفر in English
- To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
- To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
- To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.
- of Commute
- of Cruise
- The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to incarnation.
- Alt. of Expediency
- To wander without a settled habitation; to travel from place or on a circuit, particularly for the purpose of preaching, lecturing, etc.
- of Itinerate
- The travel or work of a day.
- Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.
- To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.
- To traverse; to travel over or through.
- of Journey
- A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries.
- A crossbeam; a lay of joists.
- A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.
- To labor; to travail.
- To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets.
- 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.
- To pass; to go; to move.
- To journey over; to traverse; as, to travel the continent.
- To force to journey.
- The act of traveling, or journeying from place to place; a journey.
- 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.
- The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve.
- Labor; parturition; travail.
- of Travel
- Having made journeys; having gained knowledge or experience by traveling; hence, knowing; experienced.
- To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
- To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
- To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
- Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
- To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
- Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
- To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
- A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
- A stroke, or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
- A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
- A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
- A troop of men; a host.
- A flock of widgeons.
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