verb (used without object)
1.
to travel or migrate, especially slowly or with difficulty.
2.
South Africa. to travel by ox wagon.
verb (used with object)
3.
South Africa. (of a draft animal) to draw (a vehicle or load).
noun
4.
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
5.
South Africa. a migration or expedition, as by ox wagon.
6.
South Africa. a stage of a journey, especially by ox wagon, between one stopping place and the next.
Origin:
1815–25; < Afrikaans < Dutch trek (noun), trekken (v.) to draw (a vehicle or load), migrate
1815–25; < Afrikaans < Dutch trek (noun), trekken (v.) to draw (a vehicle or load), migrate
Related forms
un·trekked, adjective
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trek (trɛk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a long and often difficult journey |
| 2. | (South African) a journey or stage of a journey, esp a migration by ox wagon |
| —vb , treks, trekking, trekked | |
| 3. | (intr) to make a trek |
| 4. | (South African) (tr) (of an ox, etc) to draw (a load) |
| [C19: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch trekken to travel; related to Old Frisian trekka] | |
| 'trekker | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
trek
1849 (n.); 1850 (v.), "to travel or migrate by ox wagon," from Afrikaans trek, from Du. trekken "to march, journey," originally "to draw, pull," from M.Du. trecken (cf. M.L.G. trecken, O.H.G. 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. Slang Trekkie "fan of the TV series 'Star Trek' " first recorded 1976.
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Example sentences
Medical students would trek long distances to watch a dissection performed.
But descendants of its émigré cousins may soon be making the long trek home.
Families trek to the cemetery to remember dead loved ones.
Trek into the world of big words-from adaptation to matriarch to yucca.
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