trek

«trek» in Mova's school dictionary: noun: A long, hard journey, especially on foot through… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a trek, treks); verb (trek, treks, trekked, trekking)

meaning for a pupil

1) noun: A long, hard journey, especially on foot through mountains, forests or wild country. tree →

2) verb: To go on such a journey. tree →

3) (informal) A long tiring walk to an ordinary place: «It's a trek to the shops». tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and adventure stories, people go trekking in the Himalayas or the Andes; in history, the Great Trek was a migration of Boers in South Africa. In everyday speech, «trek» exaggerates a long walk. Phrases: «go trekking», «a long trek», «trek across», «pony trekking» (UK).

examples

• We went on a three-day trek through the mountains. tree →
• It's a real trek from the car park to the beach. tree →
• Explorers trekked across the frozen Arctic. tree →
• Pony trekking in Wales was the best part of our holiday. tree →
• The refugees trekked for weeks to reach safety. tree →
• Make sure you take water on a long trek. tree →

note

Past «trekked», «trekking» (double k). Comes from Afrikaans/Dutch «trekken» (to travel, pull). «Star Trek» is a famous TV series. Safety: tell someone your route before a trek.

In the corpora

• «Aw, it's a pure trek,» she groans; in Scotland «pure» can mean really.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «trek» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.