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Track

noun

1.

A line or route along which something travels or moves. Synonyms: course, path. "The track of an animal" , "The course of the river"

2.

Evidence pointing to a possible solution. Synonyms: lead, trail. "The trail led straight to the perpetrator"

3.

A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels.

4.

A course over which races are run. Synonyms: racecourse, racetrack, raceway.

5.

A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc. Synonym: cut. "The title track of the album"

6.

An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground. Synonyms: caterpillar track, caterpillar tread.

7.

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

8.

A groove on a phonograph recording.

9.

A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. Synonyms: rail, rails, runway.

10.

Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one. Synonyms: cart track, cartroad.

11.

The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track. Synonym: running.

verb

(past & past part. tracked; pres. part. tracking)

1.

Carry on the feet and deposit.

2.

Observe or plot the moving path of something.

3.

Go after with the intent to catch. Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, trail. "The dog chased the rabbit"

4.

Travel across or pass over. Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, traverse.

5.

Make tracks upon.

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"Track" Quotes from Famous Books

... pride revolted, and so I emigrated. The gentlemanly and urbane conductors uv the Pennsylvania Central passed me over their road. They did it with the assistance uv two gentlemanly and urbane brakesmen, wich dropped me tenderly across the track, out uv the hind eend ...

— "Swingin Round the Cirkle." • Petroleum V. Nasby

... received your dispatch. There has been foul play. Report the case at police headquarters. Set private detective on the track of the missing lady. Last seen at the gate of the Hudson River Railway depot, waiting for 7:30 a.m. train for West Point yesterday morning, but not seen on train. Give me ...

— For Woman's Love • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... we returned on our track for about seven miles, until we reached the first running river we met on our journey to the north. Our guides agreed to take us back by a different route, and to take us to a hill where a curious species of kangaroo called Damar by them, would be met with. My son Johnston has shot several of these ...

— The Bushman - Life in a New Country • Edward Wilson Landor

... with fright, he took aim with his gun, and shot the fish in the head. It sank at once, but left a track of blood in the sea, which I knew to be a sign that we were once more safe. We then got to land, and made fast our freight to the shore. Ere we had done this our friends came to give us what help they could to get the beasts out of the stream, and take them up to the tent. ...

— The Swiss Family Robinson Told in Words of One Syllable • Mary Godolphin

... round, Elfred having incautiously wandered into the track of a stray upper-cut and bounced off. More footwork followed, Elfred winning by about two yards. Both were breathing heavily when time was called, and 'Enery was complaining ...

— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 24, 1920. • Various

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