About The Word Trek
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Trek
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What's The Definition Of Trek?
[n] any long and difficult trip
[n] (South African) a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) [v] make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis" [v] journey on foot, esp. in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas" Synonyms | Synonyms for Trek: Related Terms | Find terms related to Trek: See Also | journey | journey | journeying | travel | trip Trek In Webster's Dictionary \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.] 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. |
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