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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
| Origin: | Middle Dutch trecken 'to pull, haul, move to new land' |
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trek2 past tense and past participle trekked, present participle trekking [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
1 informal to make a long and difficult journey, especially on foot [= hike]
The elevator was broken, so we had to trek up six flights of stairs.2 to walk a long way, especially in the mountains, as an adventure [= hike]
