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travail (truh VAYL, TRAV ayl") (noun)
Physical or mental exertion: "The travail of digging ditches was nothing compared to the mental travail of learning to live in a new country."
travail (truh VAYL, TRAV ayl") (verb)
To work hard: "The hired helper on the farm agreed to travail for eight hours every day during which he would have an hour off for lunch."
travel (TRAV uhl) (verb)
To move or to go from place to place; or to go at a high speed: "Town gossip can travel very fast unless it is stopped by the truth."

"For their summer holiday, the family plans to travel throughout many countries in Europe."

"She heard that the new train will travel much faster than the old one, so passengers will get where they want to go faster."

travel (TRAV uhl) (noun)
In sports, a violation of the rules in basket ball; such as, running with the ball: "The referee called a travel violation against the star player who was running with the basket ball instead of dribbling it."

I must often travel so I can referee basketball games. It can be a challenge to call a travel against a star player.

I realize that teams must travail together many hours to become good players.

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Word Entries at Get Words: “travail”
travail (s) (noun), travails (pl)
1. Work or problems which are unpleasant, difficult, or demanding: The travail of childbirth, sometimes with hours of labor pains for the mother, involves a lot of agony and exertion.
2. Etymology: from Latin tripaliare, "to torture"; from trepalium, "instrument of torture" probably from Latin tripalis, "having three stakes"; from tria, "three" + palus, "stake".
Distress encountered when striving to achieve something.
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