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trek

UK/tɹɛk/ US/ˈtrɛk/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)

2.

any long and difficult trip

verb

1.

journey on foot, especially in the mountains

  • “We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas”
2.

make a long and difficult journey

  • “They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis”

Origin

From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).

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