trek
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6(noun.)
ADJ
long, marathon | 100-kilometre, 20-mile, etc. | 3-day, 10-hour, etc. | arduous, hard
VERB + TREK
go on, make, take
They decided to go on a challenging trek through the Amazon rainforest last summer.
PREP
on a/the ~
Definitions
noun
A journey by ox wagon.
The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
A slow or difficult journey.
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.
A long walk.
I would drive to the shops from here; you can walk, but it's quite a trek.
verb
To make a slow or arduous journey.
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.
To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
To travel by ox wagon.
To travel by walking.
name
Abbreviation of Star Trek.
Spock’s half-brother Cybok virtually brought Kirk and McCoy to their knees with a simple imposing of their own self-reflection. […] it gave the writers of Trek a generic bad guy that is best described as a eccentric-lunatic genius on a personal quest which consequently affects the universe on a catastrophic level.
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6We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.
WiktionaryEarly 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
WiktionaryYoung 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 bor
WiktionaryBefore 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.
WiktionarySpock’s half-brother Cybok virtually brought Kirk and McCoy to their knees with a simple imposing of their own self-reflection. […] it gave the writers of Trek a generic bad guy that is best described
WiktionaryThe daily trek to midtown Manhattan takes about an hour and a half.
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