trek
trek Lexical Profile
trek Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A long, arduous journey, especially one made on foot across difficult terrain.
"After a five-day trek through the mountain pass, the hikers finally reached the valley."
South African A migration or long journey made by ox wagon, or a single stage of such a journey.
"Historians documented the challenges faced by families during the nineteenth-century trek across the interior."
• verb
To go on a long, arduous journey, typically on foot.
"We plan to trek across the highlands for two weeks this summer."
South African To migrate or travel by ox wagon; (of oxen) to pull or draw a vehicle or load.
"The pioneers had to trek hundreds of miles inland in search of new pasture."
• Rhymes for trek
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-19th century from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken ('to pull, draw, or travel'), originally referring to a long migration by ox wagon in southern Africa.