From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tour
n 1: 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]
2: 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]
3: a period of time spent in military service [syn:
enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty,
duty tour, tour]
v 1: make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence
this summer"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See Tower.]
A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour.
--Milton.
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2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly
bodies. [Obs.] --Blackmore.
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3. (Mil.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a
turn; as, a tour of duty.
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Syn: Journey; excursion. See Journey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tour \Tour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toured; p. pr. & vb. n.
Touring.]
To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. --T. Hughes.
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