Meaning

(South Africa) A journey by ox wagon..

Definitions by Sense

1. (South Africa) A journey by ox wagon.
2. (South Africa) The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
3. A slow or difficult journey.
4. A long walk.
5. (intransitive) To make a slow or arduous journey.
6. (intransitive) To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
7. (South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.
8. (Nigeria) To travel by walking.

Example Sentences

We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.

Early the next morning I set off on the long and hazardous trek through jungles and hills into Assam, and regretfully said "good-bye" to the gallant little Burma Railways, which had functioned to the last and played a big part in evacuating many thousands of refugees and wounded soldiers in the path of the rapidly advancing Japanese.

Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.

I would drive to the shops from here; you can walk, but it's quite a trek.

Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.

Word Forms

• treks
• treck
• trekking
• trekked

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