trek
verb/trek/
/trek/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they trek | /trek/ /trek/ |
| he / she / it treks | /treks/ /treks/ |
| past simple trekked | /trekt/ /trekt/ |
| past participle trekked | /trekt/ /trekt/ |
| -ing form trekking | /ˈtrekɪŋ/ /ˈtrekɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (informal) to make a long or difficult journey, especially on foot
- I hate having to trek up that hill with all the groceries.
- Finally, we trekked across the wet sands towards the camp.
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- (also go trekking)[intransitive, transitive] to spend time walking, especially in mountains and for pleasure and interest
- (+ adv./prep.) We went trekking in Nepal.
- During the expedition, they trekked ten to thirteen hours a day.
- trek something He spent the summer trekking the Taurus mountains.
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysb2- She trekked across southern Africa when she was younger.
- The couple disappeared while trekking in Canada last year.
- They trekked the 45 miles across the glacier.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from South African Dutch trek (noun), trekken (verb) ‘pull, travel’.
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