1. A trip or part of a quite difficult and slow trip: The Westward Movement consisted of a very long trek to the West in North America.
2. A move from one country or area to another to work or to live: The retired couples' trek from California to Canada took about three years!
3. A trip by wagon drawn by oxen in South Africa: The tourists decided to go on a trek, taking their time to experience another way of traveling.
4. Etymology: from Afrikaans; from Middle Dutch trekked, "to pull, to travel".

To go on a very difficult and slow trip: After years of living in the woods, Hugo still trekked to the village through the deepest snow during the winter months.