Meaning of Trek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A journey by ox wagon.
   South-Africa
2. Abbreviation of Star Trek.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
   South-Africa
4. A slow or difficult journey.
5. A long walk.

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Examples

“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.”

“Young 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 border.”

“I would drive to the shops from here; you can walk, but it's quite a 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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