trek

adj

1. Abbreviation of Star Trek.

name

1. Abbreviation of Star 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.”

noun

Etymology: From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).

1. A journey by ox wagon.
2. The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
3. A slow or difficult journey.

   “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.”

4. A long walk.

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

verb

Etymology: From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).

1. To make a slow or arduous journey.

   “Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.”

2. To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
3. To travel by ox wagon.
4. To travel by walking.