TRACK

track, running

(noun) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track

(noun) a course over which races are run

track, cart track, cartroad

(noun) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

track, rail, rails, runway

(noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

track

(noun) a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

track

(noun) a groove on a phonograph recording

track, data track

(noun) (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data

track, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread

(noun) an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

lead, track, trail

(noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution; “the police are following a promising lead”; “the trail led straight to the perpetrator”

cut, track

(noun) a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; “he played the first cut on the cd”; “the title track of the album”

path, track, course

(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves; “the hurricane demolished houses in its path”; “the track of an animal”; “the course of the river”

track

(verb) make tracks upon

traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across

(verb) travel across or pass over; “The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day”

chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track

(verb) go after with the intent to catch; “The policeman chased the mugger down the alley”; “the dog chased the rabbit”

track

(verb) carry on the feet and deposit; “track mud into the house”

track

(verb) observe or plot the moving path of something; “track a missile”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

track (plural tracks)

A mark left by something that has passed along.

Synonyms: trace, trail, wake

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

Synonyms: footprint, impression

The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

A road or other similar beaten path.

Synonyms: path, road, way

Physical course; way.

Synonyms: course, path, trajectory, way

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

Synonyms: course, racetrack

The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

(railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.

Synonyms: rails, railway, train tracks, tracks

A tract or area, such as of land.

Synonyms: area, parcel, region, tract

(slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.

Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.

Synonym: track width

(automotive) Short for caterpillar track.

(cricket) The pitch.

Synonyms: ground, pitch

Sound stored on a record.

Synonym: recording

The physical track on a record.

Synonym: groove

(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.

A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.

(uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

Synonyms: athletics, track and field

A session talk on a conference.

Hyponyms

• album track

• beaten track

• cycle track

• double track

• fast track

• hidden track

• lose track

• mommy track

• railroad track

• railway track

• reserved track

• running track

• side track, sidetrack

• slab track

• team track

• test track

• title track

• train track

• tram track

Verb

track (third-person singular simple present tracks, present participle tracking, simple past and past participle tracked)

To continue over time.

(transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.

(transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.

(transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.

(transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.

(intransitive, chiefly, of a storm) To move.

(transitive) To traverse; to move across.

(transitive) To tow.

(intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.

(transitive) To follow the tracks of.

(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.

(transitive) To leave in the form of tracks.

(transitive) To make tracks on.

(transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).

(computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.

(intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information

Synonyms

• (observe the state of an object over time): monitor

• (monitor the movement of a person or object): follow

• (discover the location of a person or object): find, locate, trace, track down

• (be consistent with known information): make sense, check out

Source: Wiktionary

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Track, n. Etym: [OF.trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D.trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach. Cf. Trick.]

1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel. The bright track of his fiery car. Shak.

2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. Far from track of men. Milton.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The entire lower surface of the foot;-said of birds, ect.

4. A road; a beaten path. Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. Dryden.

5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, ect.

7. (Raolroad)

Definition: The permanent way; the rails.

8. Etym: [Perhaps a mistake for tract.]

Definition: A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] "Small tracks of ground." Fuller. Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.

Track, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tracked; p. pr. & vb. n. tracking.]

Definition: To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow. It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. Macaulay.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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