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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#m1)

2) verb: To go on such a journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#m2)

3) (informal) A long tiring walk to an ordinary place: «It's a trek to the shops». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#x1)
- It's a real trek from the car park to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#x2)
- Explorers trekked across the frozen Arctic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#x3)
- Pony trekking in Wales was the best part of our holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#x4)
- The refugees trekked for weeks to reach safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#x5)
- Make sure you take water on a long trek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trek» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trek/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.