trek

intransitive verb

To make a slow or arduous journey.

intransitive verb

To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.

intransitive verb

To travel by ox wagon.

noun

A journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult.

noun

A journey by ox wagon, especially a migration such as that of the Boers from 1835 to 1837.

noun

In South Africa, the action of drawing, as a vehicle or a load; draft; traction; hence, a journey or migration; the distance between one stopping-place and the next; travel: as, that was short trek.

In South Africa:

To draw a vehicle, as oxen; pull a load along.

To travel by ox-wagon; hence, to travel in general; go from place to place; migrate.

noun

The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration.