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trek

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"Long and difficult journey"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /tɹɛk/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ekrtStarts with TEnds with K1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any long and difficult trip

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro.
  • Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.
  • I would drive to the shops from here; you can walk, but it's quite a trek.

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