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
trekking
present participle of trek
trekking (usually uncountable, plural trekkings)
Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
