TREK

trek

(noun) any long and difficult trip

trek

(noun) a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)

trek

(verb) make a long and difficult journey; “They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis”

trek

(verb) journey on foot, especially in the mountains; “We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Trek (plural er-noun)

Abbreviation of Star Trek.

Adjective

Trek (comparative more Trek, superlative most Trek)

Abbreviation of Star Trek.

Anagrams

• rekt

Etymology

Noun

trek (plural treks)

(South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.

(South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.

A slow or difficult journey.

A long walk.

Synonym: slog

Verb

trek (third-person singular simple present treks, present participle trekking, simple past and past participle trekked)

(intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.

(intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.

(South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.

Anagrams

• rekt

Source: Wiktionary

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Trek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trekked; p. pr. & vb. n. Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [D. trekken. See Track, n.] [South Africa]

1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen.

2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate. [Chiefly South Africa]

One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony. James Bryce.

Trek, n. [Written also treck.] [D. Cf. Track, n.]

Definition: The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration. [Chiefly South Africa]

To the north a trek was projected, and some years later was nearly carried out, for the occupation of the Mashonaland. James Bryce.

Great Trek, the great emigration of Boers from Cape Colony which began in 1836, and resulted in the founding of the South African Republic and Orange Free State.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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