trek
A journey by ox wagon.
Noun 4 meanings
A journey by ox wagon.
The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
A slow or difficult journey.
“We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.”
A long walk.
“I would drive to the shops from here; you can walk, but it's quite a trek.”
Verb 4 meanings
To make a slow or arduous journey.
To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
To travel by ox wagon.
To travel by walking.
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”).
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TREK at a glance
TREK has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + E 1 + K 5) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,511 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with trek
All rhymes- TEREK9
- DREK9
One letter away
- TREE4
- TREY7
- TRES4
- TREM6
- TREW7
- TRET4
- TREZ13
- DREK9
- TREF7
- TEEK8
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