TREK (trekked, trekking)
Dictionary entry overview: What does trek mean?
• TREK (noun)
The noun TREK has 2 senses:
1. a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
2. any long and difficult trip
Familiarity information: TREK used as a noun is rare.
• TREK (verb)
The verb TREK has 2 senses:
1. journey on foot, especially in the mountains
2. make a long and difficult journey
Familiarity information: TREK used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TREK (noun)
Meaning:
A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("trek" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Domain region:
Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))
Meaning:
Any long and difficult trip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("trek" is a kind of...):
trip (a journey for some purpose (usually including the return))
• TREK (verb)
Meaning:
Journey on foot, especially in the mountains
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas
Hypernyms (to "trek" is one way to...):
journey; travel (undertake a journey or trip)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make a long and difficult journey
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis
Hypernyms (to "trek" is one way to...):
journey; travel (undertake a journey or trip)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
