trek

[trek]

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verb (used without object), trekked, trek·king.

to travel or migrate, especially slowly or with difficulty.

South Africa. to travel by ox wagon.

verb (used with object), trekked, trek·king.

South Africa. (of a draft animal) to draw (a vehicle or load).

noun

a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.

South Africa. a migration or expedition, as by ox wagon.

South Africa. a stage of a journey, especially by ox wagon, between one stopping place and the next.

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Origin of trek

1815–25; < Afrikaans < Dutch trek (noun), trekken (v.) to draw (a vehicle or load), migrate

Related formsun·trekked, adjective

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Examples from the Web for trek

During his trek, Brinsley twice passed within a block of a police stationhouse and he almost certainly saw cops along the way.
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Overall, few travelers have made the trek into the desert of Sudan to see these architectural wonders.
Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Horst Ulrich, a 72-year-old German on a trek with a group of friends, watched four Nepali guides swept away by an avalanche.
Nepal’s Deadliest Avalanche Was Totally Avoidable|Dick Dorworth|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
People like me could work on them at our offices instead of having to trek out to College Park to listen to them every day.
Going Public With the Nixon Tapes|Scott Porch|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Next step: Sykes will trek in the Himalayas to discover a live yeti.
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Want to trek back to the shore and leave these two in peace?
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This trek would have brought the emigrants into collision with the English settlers who had shortly before entered Mashonaland.
Impressions of South Africa|James Bryce
Early in March Park was again out on trek, upon one occasion covering seventy miles in a single day.
The Great Boer War|Arthur Conan Doyle
Ere we were ready for the trek, the servants appeared with their “valuables,” the hoards and savings of many years.
The Cape and the Kaffirs|Harriet Ward
It had found freedom and light; what the Romany folk call its own 'tan', its home, though it be but home of each day's trek.
The World For Sale, Complete|Gilbert Parker

British Dictionary definitions for trek

trek

noun

a long and often difficult journey

Southern African a journey or stage of a journey, esp a migration by ox wagon

verb treks, trekking or trekked

(intr) to make a trek

(tr) Southern African (of an ox, etc) to draw (a load)

Derived Formstrekker, noun

Word Origin for trek

C19: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch trekken to travel; related to Old Frisian trekka

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Word Origin and History for trek

trek

1849 (n.); 1850 (v.), "to travel or migrate by ox wagon," from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken "to march, journey," originally "to draw, pull," from Middle Dutch trecken (cf. Middle Low German trecken, Old High German trechan "to draw"). Especially in reference to the Groot Trek (1835 and after) of more than 10,000 Boers, who, discontent with the English colonial authorities, left Cape Colony and went north and north-east.

trek

verb (used without object), trekked, trek·king.

verb (used with object), trekked, trek·king.

noun

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trek

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