trek

noun

• 1a long arduous journey, especially one made on foot:a trek to the South Pole
• (the Trek) South Africansee Great Trek.
• South African a leg or stage of a journey.

• 2 [mass noun] South African informal a person’s possessions:I was at the new flat waiting for my trek to arrive

• 3South African a haul of fish caught using a trek net.

verb (treks, trekking, trekked)

• 1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot:we trekked through the jungle
• South African travel constantly from place to place:my plan is to trek about seeing the world
• historical, chiefly South African migrate or journey with one’s belongings by ox wagon.
• [no object, usually in imperative] South African (of an ox) draw a vehicle or pull a load: ‘Trek!’ he shouted, and we were off

• 2 [no object] South African fish using a trek net: many licences are given to men who trek for sport rather than professional fishermen