Trek

Definition: Trek

Trek

Noun

1. (South African) a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).

2. Any long and difficult trip.

Verb

1. Journey on foot, esp. in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas".

2. Make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "trek" was first used: 1849 (n.); 1850 (v.). (references)

Journey

Journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.

Flit, take wing; migrate, emigrate; trek; rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse; scour the country, traverse the country; peragrate; circumambulate, perambulate; nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle; gad, gad about; expatiate.

Crosswords: Trek

Afrikaan (drag, draw, haul, pull, tug), Dutch (appetite, feature, pull, trait).

I won it as a door prize at a Star Trek convention, although I find their choice of prize highly illogical, as the average Trekker has no need of a medium-size belt. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

The journey of love is an arduous trek, My love grows for you as you bleed from your neck. (Valentine; writing credit: Donna Powers)

What's next Mr. Fear and Loathing in Nitz-Vegas? Opium Bends? Raves? Star Trek conventions? (Undergrads; writing credit: Kid Vegas)

Yeah, I watched all kinds of Star Trek, it's just the order that they're in. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

Ever see that old Star Trek show where there's a bad Captain Kirk and a good one? (L.I.E.; writing credit: Stephen M. Ryder; Michael Cuesta)

You are an engineer if you can name six Star Trek episodes. (references; author: unknown)

Star Trek (1973)

Mouse Trek (1968)

Star Trek (1966)

On the Wrong Trek (1936)

William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Trek of the Ancient Spirits: The Early History of Bays Mountain, Tennessee (reference)

• Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback (Vintage Departures) (reference)

• The Abode of Life (Star Trek Novel, No 6) (reference)

• Agitato : a trek through the musical jungle (reference)

• My Enemy, My Ally (Star Trek #18 : Rihannsu #1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Star Trek (reference)

• Star Trek Communicator (reference)

• Star Trek The Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Star Trek The Next Generation - The Complete Fifth Season (reference)

• Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 7, Episodes 14 & 15: The Galileo Seven/ Court-Martial (reference)

• Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 52: The Abandoned (reference)

• Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 17, Episodes 33 & 34: Who Mourns For Adonais/Amok Time (reference)

• Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, Episode 72: The Adversary (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Symphonic Star Trek (reference)

• Star Trek - Nemesis [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• The Ultimate Star Trek (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Olympus Eye Trek FMD-150W (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

NWS employee Sarah Roy faces an onslaught of cabin cruisers and an impending storm as she nears the end of a 25-mile trek down the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Ross Ice Shelf at the Bay of Whales. This is the southern-most navigable point on the planet and the point where Amundsen started his successful trek to the South Pole. 78 30 S Latitude 164 20W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Team members from the Air Combat Command Communications Group at Langley Air Force Base, Va., trek up a steep hill during a 6.2-mile forced march to kick off the inaugural Wilderness Challenge 2000 competition near the New River Gorge National River in We.

The team from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., traverses the whitewater rapids during a 14-mile trek down the New River during a two-day military Wilderness Challenge competition near Fayetteville, W.Va. (P.; photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Brown)..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

South Africa

In 1838, Dingane was defeated and deported by the Voortrekkers (people of the Great Trek) at the battle of Blood River. (references)

Panama

Vasco Nunez de Balboa's tortuous trek from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1513 demonstrated that the isthmus was, indeed, the path between the seas, and Panama quickly became the crossroads and marketplace of Spain's empire in the New World. (references)

Morocco

Its 3,500 kilometer coastline appeals to those seeking sand and sea; its palaces, museums and diverse culture provide options for the more inquisitive traveler; and its deserts and mountains cater to the more adventurous traveler who wants to trek, bicycle, ski and participate in other outdoor activities. (references)

Travel

Nepal

Illnesses and injuries suffered while on trek in remote areas often require rescue by helicopter. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "trek": Great Trek. Additional references.

Beginning with "trek": trek-style.

Ending with "trek": tsar-trek.

Albanian

udhëtim (drive, excursion, itineracy, itinerancy, journey, passage, peregrination, ride, round trip, rove, tour, travel, trip, wayfaring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سافر في رحلة مضنية, ‏جولة (circuit, cruise, patrol, ramble, ride, round, run, swing, tour, turn), ‏رحلة مضنية, ‏شق طريقه ببطء. (various references)

Bulgarian 

бавно и мъчително преселване, пътувам с волска кола, пътувам дълго и мъчително, преселвам се (migrate, transmigrate), дълго и мъчително пътуване. (various references)

Chinese 

�"慢前进. (various references)

Czech

túra (hike, ramble, tour, walk), jet (drive, go, go on, ride, wheel), cestovat (get about, go, itinerate, travel, voyage, wander), cestování (itineracy, itinerancy, itineration, peregrination, travel, traveling, wayfaring). (various references)

Danish

trækko (draught cow, trek cow), prærievogn (tilt cart, trek cart). (various references)

Dutch

trekkoe (draught cow, trek cow), huifwagen (tilt cart, trek cart), huifkar (tilt cart, trek cart). (various references)

Farsi 

کوچ مسافرت باگاری , سفر (Expedition, Journey, Junket, Pilgrimage, Progress, Rake, Tour, Trade, Trip, Voyage), باسختی واهستگی مسافرت کردن , بازحمت حرکت کردن . (various references)

Finnish

tyhjä lehmä (draught cow, trek cow), vankkurit (wagon), maho (barren, draught cow, trek cow). (various references)

French

se traîner (trail), randonnée (sightseeing trip, tramp), périple, faire un périple. (various references)

German

treck (trail). (various references)

Greek 

μεταναστεύω (emigrate, emigrate from, immigrate, immigrate to, migrate, transmigrate), ταξιδεύω βραδέωσ, ταξιδεύω με βωδάμαξαν, ταξίδι (journey, tour, travel, trip). (various references)

Hungarian

nagy út, költözés (flit, migration). (various references)

Italian

trekking, scarpinare (tramp), percorso (course, distance, journey, route, run, walk, way), migrazione (migration), migrare (migrate), fare trekking, fare escursioni. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

スケ番 (bar, energy, free-standing bar, grandstand play, grandstanding, leader of a female gang, road reflector, scoop, scope, scoping, scopophilia, score, scoreboard, scorebook, scorecard, scorer, scoring position, Scotch, Scotch egg, Scotch tape, Scotch terrier, Scotch tweed, Scotch whiskey, Scotland, Scotland Yard, scotophobin, Scott, shovel, Skopolamin, skunk, spade, squall, squawker, stability, stabilizer, staccato, stack, stacking permanent wave, stack-object, stack-pointer, stackware, stadium, stadium jumper, staff, stag film, stag party, stagflation, Stalinism, stamina, stamp, stamp collection, stance, stand, standard, standard number, standards, standby, standby passenger, stand-in, standing start, standing wave, standoff, standpoint, stand-up collar, Stanford, stanza, star, star guide, star king, star player, star sapphire, star system, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Watching, starch, stardom, stardust, staring lineup, starlet, starlight, Stars and Stripes, start, start dash, start line, starter, starting block, starting member, starting pitcher, static, statistics, statue, Sterling block, Sterling engine, stout, stub, studio, studless tire, study, stuff, stuffed egg, stun, stun gun, stunt car, stunt man, style, style file, stylebook, styling, stylish, stylist, stylus, stymie). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スタートレック (Star Trek). (various references)

Korean 

여행 (Journey, journeying, Journeys, touring, touristic, travel, traveling, travelling, trip, TRIPS). (various references)

Manx

troailtys (journey, travel), troailt (commute; voyaging, itinerate, journey, labour, negotiate, travel, travelling, traverse, trekking, voyage). (various references)

Pig Latin

ektray

Portuguese

viagem (access, flight, highroad crossing, itineration, journey, passage, peregrination, run, transit, travel, trip, voyage, wander), puxar carro, mudar de região, migração em carros. (various references)

Russian 

переселение (emigration, migration, resettlement, transmigration), переход (conversion, crosswalk, escape, jump, junction, pasage, switch over, transiting, transition). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

teško putovanje, seoba (migration, move, transmigration), putovati volovskim kolima u južnoj africi, putovati naporno. (various references)

Spanish

viaje difícil, viajar arduamente, migración (migration, run), excursión (cruise, excursion, hike, jaunt, junket, outing, picnic, raid, run, sightseeing trip, spree, tour, trip), emigrar (emigrate, migrate), caminata ardua. (various references)

Swedish

utvandring (emigration, exodus), dra (cut, drag, draw, go, Hale, haul, lay, lug, March, pull, subtract, take away, trail, tug, turn, twitch, wheel). (various references)

Turkish

kağnı ile gitmek, kağnı ile gitme, göçmek (Dent, die, emigrate, fall in, go hence, immigrate, migrate, transmigrate), göç (drift, emigration, exodus, expatriation, immigration, migration, migratory, transmigration), öküz arabası ile göç etmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

відходити (backtrack, be off, belie, branch out, depart, digress, move back, move off, pull off, pull out, stand out, walk away, walk off, withdraw, yield), подорож (journey, locomotion, tour, travel, travelling, trip, voyage), переселятися (emigrate, flit, migrate, transmigrate), переселення (emigration, migration, transmigration, transplantation). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự di cư có tổ chức. (various references)

trekken. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "trek": trekked, trekker, trekkers, trekking, treks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Trek" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arek, Aterk, drek, frek, Krek, orek, rek, rrek, srek, strek, tarek, tark, teeky, tekh, teki, terc, Terek, terk, terl, thek, thrik, throk, tiek, toek, torke, Tormek, trac, traik, traj, trak, Trakl, trask, trck, trea, treak, treb, trec, Trecwn, treek, treg, treh, trei, trekk, treky, trel, trem, trenk, treo, trep, treq, tret, treu, treuk, trev, trex, trez, tric, triek, trik, triky, trisk, trk, trke, Trnka, troc, trrek, truc, truk, Tvrtko. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ret.

-2 letters: er, et, re.

+1 letter: kiter, taker, toker, treks, trike, troke.

+2 letters: karate, kelter, kilter, kirtle, kiters, krater, market, racket, reknit, retack, retake, retook, rocket, skater, stoker, strake, streak, streek, strike, stroke, tacker, takers, talker, tanker, ticker, tinker, tokers, trikes, troked, trokes, tucker, turkey, tusker.

+3 letters: bracket, brisket, brocket, burkite, cricket, crocket, darkest, frisket, hektare, karates, keester, keister, kelters, keratin, kernite, kestrel, keyster, kiester, kilters, kirtled, kirtles, kittler, klister, knitter, knotter, kotower, kraters, markets, meerkat, mirkest, murkest, network, partake, pricket, rackets, rackety, rankest, ratlike, reitbok, reknits, restack, restock, restoke, retacks, retaken, retaker, retakes, rethink, retrack, rickets, rickety, rockets, skaters, skeeter, skelter, skirret, skirted, skirter, skitter, stacker, stalker, starker, sticker, stinker, stocker, stokers, stooker, straked, strakes, streaks, streaky, streeks, striker, strikes, stroked, stroker, strokes, tackers, tackier, tackler, talkers, talkier, tankers, thanker, thicker, thinker, tickers, tickler, tinkers, tinkler, tracked, tracker, traiked, trekked, trekker, tricked, tricker, trickie, trickle, trinket, troaked, trocked, trucked, trucker, truckle, trunked, tuckers, turkeys, turnkey, tuskers.