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trek
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- pronunciation:
- trek
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word History
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
treks, trekking, trekked |
definition: |
to travel or make one's way, usu. slowly and arduously.
The settlers trekked across the plains.
- synonyms:
- plod, slog, trudge
- similar words:
- journey, peregrinate, tour, travel, traverse, voyage
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related words: |
pace, walk |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
a slow or arduous trip.
Some inexperienced mountaineers were unable to manage the trek up to the base camp.- similar words:
- exodus, expedition, journey, mission, odyssey, pilgrimage, trudge
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related words: |
career, tour, trip, voyage, walk |
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derivation: |
trekker (n.) |
Trek is a word from Afrikaans, the language of the Dutch settlers in South Africa. It meant "to journey or migrate by wagon." This word entered the English language in the mid-1800s. Throughout the 1800s, the British and Dutch struggled for control of South Africa.
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