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Synonyms for trek

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : trek
Phonetic Transcription : trɛk

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Définition of trek

Origin :
  • 1849 (n.); 1850 (v.), "to travel or migrate by ox wagon," from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken "to march, journey," originally "to draw, pull," from Middle Dutch trecken (cf. Middle Low German trecken, Old High German trechan "to draw"). Especially in reference to the Groot Trek (1835 and after) of more than 10,000 Boers, who, discontent with the English colonial authorities, left Cape Colony and went north and north-east.
  • noun long journey
  • verb journey
Example sentences :
  • But you see, sir, our time is up, and we have determined not to go on the trek any more.
  • Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
  • Two others, that women had been confined while on the trek in wagons.
  • Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • They were to trek a little after dawn, and already Robert and Benita were up and waiting.
  • Extract from : « Benita, An African Romance » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Our own people are with them, and show them how to trek in the night, and where the footpaths are.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell
  • To meet him and his family on trek is to glimpse an epitome of his life.
  • Extract from : « Pan-Islam » by George Wyman Bury
  • But the river had to be crossed; and when all was ready the order “Trek!”
  • Extract from : « Off to the Wilds » by George Manville Fenn
  • The cool morning air made it bearable for man and beast to trek.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War » by Ben Viljoen.
  • I understand "trek fever," which, after all, is only Eldorado hunting.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp's Notebook » by Morley Roberts
  • The above I was to conduct from Kimberley to Salisbury, a trek of about 1300 miles.
  • Extract from : « Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion » by G. Hamilton-Browne
  • Parslow's tanks completed the trek without incident on the 15th.
  • Extract from : « A Company of Tanks » by W. H. L. Watson

Antonyms for trek

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