Posted March 18, 2015 trek[trek]verb (used without object), trekked, trekking.1. to travel or migrate, especially slowly or with difficulty.2. South Africa. to travel by ox wagon.verb (used with object), trekked, trekking.3. South Africa. (of a draft animal) to draw (a vehicle or load).noun4. 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.Origin1815-25; < Afrikaans < Dutch trek (noun), trekken (v.) to draw (a vehicle or load), migrateExamples from the web for trekBut descendants of its émigré cousins may soon be making the long trek home.Medical students would trek long distances to watch a dissection performed.Once embarked upon, his journey became as much an existential quest as a natural-history trek.Those unable to bear that burden must think twice, and then again, before making the trek.Families trek to the cemetery to remember dead loved ones.It's going to be a slow, arduous trek back into swimming shape.The twice-yearly trek has shaped nomadic life here for centuries.Finally he called a neighbor to come over and join the daily trek.Their feet are dusty and cracked from the trek into government-held areas.It's no longer possible to do the trek independently.British Dictionary definitions for trektrek/trɛk/noun1. a long and often difficult journey2. (South African) a journey or stage of a journey, esp a migration by ox wagonverb treks, trekking, trekked3. (intransitive) to make a trek4. (transitive) (South African) (of an ox, etc) to draw (a load)Derived Formstrekker, nounWord Origin and History for trek1849 (n.); 1850 (v.), "to travel or migrate by ox wagon," from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken "to march, journey," originally "to draw, pull," from Middle Dutch trecken (cf. Middle Low German trecken, Old High German 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.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trekсиноними:expeditionhikeodysseytripfootsloghegiramarchperegrinationslogtramptravellong haulhttp://www.thesaurus.com/browse/trekинспирација:https://www.klubputnika.org/zbirka/fotografija/3956-trekking-u-nepalu Reply Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites