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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tour \Tour\, n. [F. tour. See Tower.]
   A tower. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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Thesaurus Results for tour:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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