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Definition of trek

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intransitive verb

Definition of trek  (Entry 2 of 2)

• peregrinate
• peregrination

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Word History

Afrikaans, from Dutch trecken to pull, haul, migrate; akin to Old High German trechan to pull

Afrikaans, from Dutch treck pull, haul, from trecken

1835, in the meaning defined at sense 2

1849, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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“Trek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trek. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

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from Afrikaans trek, "to travel by ox wagon," from Dutch trecken "to haul, pull"

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From the american heritage® dictionary of the english language, 5th edition..

• intransitive verb To make a slow or arduous journey.
• intransitive verb To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
• intransitive verb South African To travel by ox wagon.
• noun A journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult.
• noun South African A journey by ox wagon, especially a migration such as that of the Boers from 1835 to 1837.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In South Africa, the action of drawing, as a vehicle or a load; draft; traction; hence, a journey or migration; the distance between one stopping-place and the next; travel: as, that was short trek.
• In South Africa:
• To draw a vehicle, as oxen; pull a load along.
• To travel by ox-wagon; hence, to travel in general; go from place to place; migrate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Chiefly South Africa The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration.
• noun 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.
• intransitive verb To draw or haul a load, as oxen.
• intransitive verb Chiefly South Africa To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate.

from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A slow or difficult journey.
• noun South Africa A journey by ox wagon, especially the Boer migration of 1835-7.
• verb intransitive To make a slow or arduous journey .
• verb intransitive To journey on foot , especially to hike through mountainous areas .
• verb South Africa To travel by ox wagon .

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
• noun any long and difficult trip
• verb journey on foot, especially in the mountains
• verb make a long and difficult journey

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From the american heritage® dictionary of the english language, 4th edition, from wiktionary, creative commons attribution/share-alike license.

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Other than the problem of access, the other major complication to an Everest trek is the high likelihood of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS).

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• transmigrate
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Phonetic Respelling: [ trek ]

Definition:.

n. a long slow and difficult journey. v. to travel slowly and with difficulty.

He had to trek up the mountain despite the harsh weather.

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The rigorousness of the trek caused several participants to retire.

Which large, shaggy-coated dogs were named after a 50-mile trek in the Alps?

What happened to Dominic on the trek to base camp that could prevent him from climbing?

Which Clan member predicted there would be unnecessary death during WindClan's trek back home?

What was the day called when the children made the trek to Elsburg for the square of pig's rind?

Why will the trek into the Rocky Mountains be difficult?

Why does Becky remain behind on the trek up Pumlumon Fawr?

Why does the group; Sloan, Elton, her teacher Mr. Foster, Pilot, Nash, and Ms. Wade, decide to trek through the forest in the middle of a blizzard?

Where were the camels making a long trek to in order to help survey a new route for the railroad?

Why does Mother bear lead her bear cubs on a long trek (migration)?

Why does it take the team 10 days to trek from the helicopter drop off point in Lukla to Base Camp?

difficult journey; plod; trudge

lazy stroll

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• walk The baby has just learned to walk.
• stride She strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
• march He marched right in to the office and demanded to see the governor.
• stroll We strolled along the beach.
• wander She wandered from room to room, not sure of what she was looking for.
• amble She ambled down the street, looking in shop windows.
• backpacking
• bushwalking
• footslogging
• hoof it idiom
• ultra-distance

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trek meaning

• For the verb "to trek" see Trekking.
• The term trek may refer to:
• The Great Trek, a 19th-century migration of Africa's Boers
• Star Trek, an American science fiction entertainment franchise (1966-)
• Steam Trek: The Moving Picture (1994)
• Trek (band), Russian rock band
• TREK experiment, a particle physics experiment planned at J-PARC, Japan
• the Trek experiment, UC Berkeley, on board STS-74.
• Trek Bicycle Corporation, a bicycle manufacturer
• Trekking bike, a type of hybrid bicycle
• Saurkundi Pass Trek, a trekking program organized by the Youth Hostels Association of India

Definition of trek in English Dictionary

• We're planning on going on a trek up Kilimanjaro.
• ( South Africa ) A journey by ox wagon .
• ( South Africa ) The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
• ( intransitive ) To make a slow or arduous journey .
• ( intransitive ) To journey on foot , especially to hike through mountainous areas .
• ( South Africa ) To travel by ox wagon .
• Not all Trekkies go around speaking Klingon and making endless references to the original Star Trek series.
• Gotcha beat, my husband and I have 4. He's much more the Trek fan, while I'm multifannish. but SW is my first love.
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Definitions for trek trɛk trek, this dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word trek ., princeton's wordnet rate this definition: 5.0 / 1 vote.

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

any long and difficult trip

journey on foot, especially in the mountains

"We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas"

make a long and difficult journey

"They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis"

Wiktionary Rate this definition: 4.0 / 1 vote

A slow or difficult journey.

We're planning on going on a trek up Kilimanjaro.

A journey by ox wagon, especially the Boer migration of 1835-7.

To make a slow or arduous journey.

To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.

To travel by ox wagon.

Etymology: From trek.

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A trek is a long, arduous journey, typically on foot and often involving challenging terrains such as mountains, forests, or deserts. It is usually undertaken for the purpose of exploration, adventure or achievement, and requires significant physical effort and perseverance.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votes

trek, v.i. to drag a vehicle: to journey by ox-wagon.— n. the distance from one station to another.— n. Trek′ker , a traveller. [Dut. trekken , to draw.]

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A trust of translation in transposition as a transitive treasure following a life formed echo. 1.) a long arduous journey, esp. one made on foot. A tourist hike. Draw a vehicle or pull a load. Travel constantly from place to place; lead a nomadic life.

I trek the true words of light within my heart through the stars of my mind for growth and understanding.

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The numerical value of TREK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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Simon Pegg :

You have to bring in new people at same time as satisfying the old people or rather the long term fans, and if something becomes too inside, it's not going to let people in and 'Star Trek ' is so inclusive, it's always about bringing people together - that's what the story's about, so it's a balance of filling it with stuff for people that have been there for 50 years and at the same time making it for someone who has zero years of 'Star Trek '.

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One in three women are sexually assaulted on the dangerous trek up through Mexico. Women and children are the biggest victims by far of our broken system, this is the tragic reality of illegal immigration on our southern border.

Chris Lemanski :

I was going through a pretty bad depression, i was kind of ready to give up and say the hell with it. The young man asked his cousin for advice on how to clear his head and he told him to take a long walk. Lemanski did just that. The traveler decided to make the journey in April 2016 after going through a period of depression. (Chris Lemanski ) In April 2016, Lemanski decided on the journey after looking up trails and saw one that went from Istanbul, Turkey to Portugal. The traveler said everything appeared to shift into place after he purchased a cheap ticket to Istanbul. Lemanski made the trek in 18 months, three of those months he was stuck in Morocco after he overstayed his visa for about three months. However, he was able to sneak out of the country and catch a boat to Germany where he continued his journey. As for how much money he spent in 18 months, Lemanski said he saved and people were generous.

We could have introduced a new gay character but he or she would have been primarily defined by their sexuality, seen as the ‘gay character,’ rather than simply for who they are and isn’t that tokenism? the audience would infer that there has been an LGBT presence in the Trek Universe from the beginning ... that a gay hero isn’t something new or strange.

Gene Roddenberry :

It was great to see a great diverse cast on TV, even before we knew what that was. But it was very interesting to hear a Scotsman, a black woman, an Asian all in one TV show, flying around space. That was pretty out there, star Trek Beyond.

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• رحلة Arabic
• trek Danish
• jornada, emigrar Spanish
• vaeltaa Finnish
• randonnée French
• vándorlás Hungarian
• melakukan perjalanan Indonesian
• tocht Dutch
• trek Norwegian
• wędrówka Polish
• viagem Portuguese
• trek Vietnamese

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Definition of trek verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• I hate having to trek up that hill with all the groceries.
• Finally, we trekked across the wet sands towards the camp.

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verb (used without object)

He managed to escape from a Siberian labor camp and trekked to Iran, a three-year journey.

He's trekked through the Himalayas and summited Mt. Kilimanjaro.

We trekked back to our hotel in the pouring rain.

• South Africa. to travel by ox wagon.

verb (used with object)

• South Africa. (of a draft animal) to draw (a vehicle or load).
• a slow or difficult journey, hike, or trip.
• a migration or expedition, especially by ox wagon.
• a stage of such a journey, between one stopping place and the next.
• a long and often difficult journey
• a journey or stage of a journey, esp a migration by ox wagon
• intr to make a trek
• tr (of an ox, etc) to draw (a load)

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Derived forms.

• ˈtrekker , noun

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• un·trekked adjective

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Example Sentences

During his trek, Brinsley twice passed within a block of a police stationhouse and he almost certainly saw cops along the way.

The audience--tout Hollywood--stands to cheer his slow and painful trek from the wings to the table.

Overall, few travelers have made the trek into the desert of Sudan to see these architectural wonders.

In fact, some feminist critics have pointed to a long history of objectification in Star Trek.

Horst Ulrich, a 72-year-old German on a trek with a group of friends, watched four Nepali guides swept away by an avalanche.

If his partner's impedimentia was not too bulky, the ancient model was ready for another trek to the hills.

The mountaineers, indeed, suffered less than the townsfolk as being more accustomed than they to conditions of trek and battle.

The cool morning air made it bearable for man and beast to trek.

By the third day of their trek southward along the Great River, the soles of Redbird's moccasins had worn through.

Once more was there a cracking of whips, and the oxen, straightening out along the trek-touw (Note 3), moved reluctantly on.

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The Slow and Grueling Transition to Society

It has been well over a minute since I summited Katahdin and my return to society, the “real world”. While it is nice to sleep in a warm soft bed and wake up with clean dry clothes. It has be not so straight forward, coming back home. Things and tasks that once felt normal and straightforward, feel stressful… offputting… grueling…. Way more so than hiking felt.

The fact is, I went out on the trail to change. I went out there to recover from my greif and trauma; to prove to myself that I am still capable of doing challenging things. Most people don’t walk 2000+ miles for shits and giggles, we all have a reason. To my surprise , I did change… just in more ways than expected.

Physically, some things are off

A new interesting side effect of hiking 15+ miles a day is I can’t stay still. I have to do something physical with my body or I become anxious and restless. So, now I trail run… Well I try to trail run…. It turns out I am pretty slow and bad at running.  I hope that I will start running races…. Eventually.

As we all know, trail running, ultra marathoning, and thru hiking are all gateway drugs into each other. None of us actually know where the pipeline begins, but we know it is a fact. Something that no one talks about when transitioning through the pipeline, is the muscles that control walking are very different than those that control running. While you are in incredible shape to walk a marathon; your running muscle are not ready to take on such a feat… you will get your ass kicked by running a mile.

Also while you are transitioning in your new domestic life, you have no idea how, or what to eat. Because hiker hunger is now apart of you. I can tell you exactly how many calories are in that power bar, but have no idea how to appropriately fuel myself now.

While I have gotten my shit together and I am following a meal and exercise plan, there are days that I become feral. If given the opportunity, I would eat the delicious garbage I ate on trail, but I can’t… Because it doesn’t taste as nice, because I am not starving. You will learn that starvation is one of the best spices the world will ever know. Now that you are in civilization and are not underfed, all the junk you ate on trail, tastes like shit. Maybe it is for the better that I tolerate “healthier foods” better. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t turn down some cake or cookies, but I can’t do junk food as much.

Personality Wise….

I knew personality wise, I was going to change. I knew I was going to come back different. I learned that I am more straight forward now. Especially with my opinions and how people interact with me. People might call it brash or blunt, but I don’t take as much shit as I did before trail. I call it how I see it now, I don’t need to beat around the bush for someones approval. Why should I waste my time weaseling my way around the point? It has caused me to lose some relationships and people to walk out of my life, but maybe that is for the better. I someone isn’t going to be honest and upfront about with what they want, then they can walk on by. It isn’t worth the fight to keep them there.

To be blunt, life is simpler out in the woods. Yes, there still are pressures, “Will I have enough money to finish?” or “Can I make it to that gap by the time the shuttle shows up?”. But, they are less extreme as they are in the “real world”. As the Holiday season descends upon us, it has been jarring to watch the stress people go through. I work as a bartender in a liquor store. Yes, in the Promise-land that is Nebraska we can have fully operational bars in our liquor stores (I know the South needs to get it together). It is crazy to watch people stress themselves out over meaningless things. “What is a worthy gift to buy?” “Is this really your best bottle?”

It is astounding talking to people at the bar. They are stressing themselves out over things that in the long run don’t matter. I now have an outlook on life that is, unless the stressor is affecting your health, your finances, or your life in an extreme manner. It doesn’t matter and you should just move on.

At the Present Time

I’m struggling. I got ghosted and lost some major support groups within the first month of returning home. It hasn’t been the easiest transition back to my home town. I am applying to jobs, but am constantly rejected. But, I’m Lucky : I have a job that makes ends meet while I look for other opportunities. I got to therapy and my therapist thinks I’m sane enough. I’m looking to move out of my mom’s basement. I have a busy schedule that keeps me from being too idle and I’m saving my money for the next outdoor adventures. But none of it feels enjoyable, it feels like a means to an end. Till I get the next hit of outside.

I am in a world surrounded by people and things. I have entertainment, booze, food all at my finger tips… I could distract myself and have a  good time , but it doesn’t feel as rich. Not as real. It feels like switching from full strength coffee to decaf, not quite right.

Being around people isn’t the same. The people I interact with aren’t as vulnerable and open, everyone is so guarded. When I talk to people it feels like I am playing pretend. Every conversation is a recipe: a dollop of cordial small talk, followed with a dash of intriguing life events, all while trying to be too vulnerable or too open about oneself. As to not make the other party feel too uncomfortable… because that shit is for your therapist.

It is so lonely. I didn’t think I would be this lonely.

What should have I expected, I live in Nebraska. A state known for being flat, lack of trails, and where its denizens are shocked and appaled if you walk more than one mile on unpaved ground. For instance, I was at a family Christmas party where I noticed I had become the social other. No one knew what to talk to me about with me: I was not engaged or married, no children, and I live in my mothers basement at almost 28 years old. According to Nebraskan standards, I am a spinster. No prospects or of interest to those around me and I will be shriveled and old before I know it.

It was sad. I had just accomplished a major achievement and because I wasn’t married, with child, or working a miserable job: I was othered. At first I tried to make light of it, that it is so funny that no one knows how to talk to me any more because I am not doing the normal adult thing. Ha!

But now, I realize I have little to no community that lives within an hour of me. I am basically an addict, I am just biding my time till I have enough money and days off to go outside and hike… And I have no one to share it with. No community to share my excitement, yearning, or dreams with. I just feel so alone without the trail.

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AT NOBO 2023. Trail name: Lucky. I am a flatlander from Nebraska. Recently graduated with my masters in Zoology with a focus in parasitology. Come and join the fun and read about my (mis)adventures on trail.

That hit me in the feels 🙁

Being off trail is hard.

Hang in there! I’ve been to hell and back myself and have had strange, challenging and confusing times since. Stoic philosophy changed it all though, the dichotomy of control and letting go of 90 percent of what sheeple focus on. You’re in good company here! Thank you for being you!

Right there with you, just on the other side of a lot of water. You’ve discovered something a lot of us take much longer to figure out: polite society is a bubble, and once you burst it, you can’t (and probably shouldn’t want to) fit back into it.

No easy tips I’m afraid. Though you might want to move to one of those countries where they’re known to be “rude”. I’m from the Netherlands (number 2 on that list) but here it’s basically true as well. Maybe Finland would be better. At least they have mountains.

Hang in there.

Hey Guinevere!

THIS IS SO RANDOM and happenstance – your post (today 2/4) just popped into my feed and, as I read it and kept reading your name, I couldn’t help but feel this familiarity…

You may not recall, but we connected back in Cdale! I’m like 99.999% sure (and if not, please forgive me! LOL). This is Matt (from Psychology). Good ol’ LSII 2nd/3rd floors 🙂

Congratulations on doing this! And, too, “coming back” is tough – those feelings resonate deep.

If you feel inclined, reach out! Posting my throwaway email, so I don’t get flooded – mrjamnik.edu[at]gmail

Lots of light and love! Keep being a steward for Mother Earth <3

You might want to try the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, if you want a thrill and lifelong fulfilling love, peace and joy. You like mountains? The Lord lives at the top of the Mountain of God, shining like a star. You like hiking and adventure? You can set off on his Straight and Narrow Trail up towards the top of his mountain. When you get to the end the gates of Heaven will open-and you will enter in to explosive eternal ecstasy. You’re lonely? When you open the doors to your heart and receive him within you will never be totally lonely again as you keep your eyes on him. Feel weak, disoriented and without purpose? He’ll put you in his plan, and give you the strength to complete it by placing an everlasting spring of joyous living waters in your heart. Try him-you’ll like him!

Hi Guinevere! I am not a hiker, I am an almost 60 year old (young at heart) horse trail rider that followed your adventures through the AT. You DID that! And it is freaking amazing! Never give up, never think you are less. If those around you cannot see, or acknowledge, your accomplishments, that is on them. They are the ones to feel sorry for. Never let society put you in a box. I look forward to reading about your next adventure, whatever it may be (I bet a bartender in Nebraska has some great stories to tell. March on my friend

If I met you in person how would I talk to you? I’d love to casually chat and share experiences. I travel alone a lot (bicycling is my obsession) and it is nigh impossible getting more than 2 sentences out of another person. just trying to chat. As for family, well, we all have one. I agree with Doc above. Stoicism has provided me a direction and comfort in life today. And, while not particularly religious, I often offer up Psalm 121:1. “I lift up my eyes to the mountains; where does my help come from?” Verse 2 provides an answer but I’ve answered verse 1 so many ways so many times. It just flat refocuses me from me.

{{ hugs }} Sounds like you need to get out of Nebraska. 🙂 Easier said than done, I know! Maybe even just the acts of thinking/formulating/trying to follow through on a relocation plan will help your spirits.

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