'Tour' definitions:
Definition of 'tour'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: tour, circuit]
noun
A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn]
noun
A period of time spent in military service [syn: enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour]
verb
Make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer"
Definition of 'Tour'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Tour'
From: GCIDE
- Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See Tower.] A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tour'
From: GCIDE
- Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See Turn, v. t.]
- 1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. [1913 Webster]
- The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Journey; excursion. See Journey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tour'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air lane,
- ambit,
- anchor watch,
- antenna tower,
- assignment,
- barbican,
- beat,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- bit,
- booking,
- borscht circuit,
- bout,
- campaign,
- campanile,
- circle,
- circuit,
- colossus,
- column,
- continuous tenure,
- course,
- cruise,
- cupola,
- cycle,
- date,
- day shift,
- derrick,
- dogwatch,
- dome,
- drive,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- excursion,
- expedition,
- fare,
- fire tower,
- flight path,
- full circle,
- full time,
- globe-trot,
- go,
- go abroad,
- go on safari,
- go overseas,
- grand tour,
- graveyard shift,
- half time,
- hit the trail,
- hitch,
- itinerary,
- jaunt,
- journey,
- junket,
- lantern,
- lap,
- lighthouse,
- line,
- lobster trick,
- loop,
- make a journey,
- make a pilgrimage,
- make a trip,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mast,
- minaret,
- monument,
- night shift,
- obelisk,
- observation tower,
- orbit,
- outing,
- overtime,
- package tour,
- pagoda,
- part time,
- path,
- perambulation,
- peregrinate,
- peregrination,
- pilaster,
- pilgrim,
- pilgrimage,
- pillar,
- pinnacle,
- playing engagement,
- pleasure trip,
- pole,
- primrose path,
- prison term,
- progress,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- ramble,
- range the world,
- relay,
- revolution,
- road,
- round,
- round trip,
- roundabout,
- rounds,
- route,
- rubberneck,
- rubberneck tour,
- run,
- safari,
- sally,
- sea lane,
- shaft,
- shift,
- shoot,
- shortcut,
- sight-see,
- skyscraper,
- spell,
- spire,
- split schedule,
- split shift,
- stalk,
- stand,
- standpipe,
- steeple,
- stint,
- stretch,
- stroll,
- stupa,
- sunrise watch,
- swing shift,
- take a trip,
- take the road,
- television mast,
- tenure,
- term,
- time,
- tope,
- tour of duty,
- tower,
- track,
- trade route,
- traject,
- trajectory,
- trajet,
- travel,
- trek,
- trick,
- trip,
- turn,
- turn of work,
- turret,
- vaudeville circuit,
- visit,
- voyage,
- walk,
- walkabout,
- watch,
- water tower,
- wayfare,
- windmill tower,
- work shift