Dictionary Definition
trek
Noun
1 a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized
migration by a group of settlers)
2 any long and difficult trip
Verb
1 journey on foot, especially in the mountains;
"We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the
Himalayas"
2 make a long and difficult journey; "They
trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis" [also: trekking, trekked]
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English
Noun
Verb
Afrikaans
Etymology
Dutch trekkenVerb
trekExtensive Definition
The word trek has entered the English
language as one of few words derived from Afrikaans.
It means a long, hard journey, and is derived from the Middle Dutch
trecken (meaning to pull or haul).
Trek may also refer to:
- The Great Trek, a migration of South Africa's Boers
- Star Trek, a popular science fiction franchise
- Trekking, a form of hiking, a multi-day, often arduous hike especially in mountainous regions
- Trek Bicycle Corporation, an American bicycle manufacturer
- The movement to the Salt Lake Valley by Mormon Pioneers
trek in Dutch: Trek
trek in Japanese: トレック
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
campaign, circuit, course, cruise, emigrate, emigration, excursion, expatriate, expatriation, expedition, fare, flight, flit, globe-trot, go abroad, go on
safari, go overseas, grand tour, hit the trail, immigrate, immigration, in-migrate,
in-migration, intermigrate, intermigration, jaunt, journey, junket, make a journey, make a
pilgrimage, make a trip, migrate, migration, out-migrate,
out-migration, outing,
package tour, passage,
peregrinate,
peregrination,
peregrinations,
pilgrim, pilgrimage, pleasure trip,
progress, range the
world, remigrate,
remigration, round
trip, rubberneck,
rubberneck tour, run,
safari, sally, shoot, sight-see, stalk, swarm, swarming, take a trip, take the
road, take wing, tour,
transmigrate,
transmigration,
travels, trip, turn, voyage, wayfare