Lexic.us

Definition of Track

1. Noun. A line or route along which something travels or moves. "The course of the river"

2. Verb. Carry on the feet and deposit. "Track mud into the house"

3. Noun. Evidence pointing to a possible solution. "The trail led straight to the perpetrator"

4. Verb. Observe or plot the moving path of something. "Track a missile"

5. Noun. A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels.

6. Verb. Go after with the intent to catch. "They track the car down the avenue"; "The dog chased the rabbit"

7. Noun. A course over which races are run.

8. Verb. Travel across or pass over. "These men track the river"; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

9. Noun. A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc. "The title track of the album"

10. Verb. Make tracks upon.

11. Noun. An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground.

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

13. Noun. A groove on a phonograph recording.

14. Noun. A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll.

15. Noun. Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one.

16. Noun. The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track.

Definition of Track

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. 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.

Definition of Track

1. to follow the marks left by an animal, a person, or a vehicle [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Track

1. 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. To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. Origin: tracked; tracking. 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. 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. The permanent way; the rails. 8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract] A tract or area, as of land. "Small tracks of ground." Track scale, a railway scale. See Railway. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Track

trachyphonia trachyspermous trachystomata trachyte trachyte trachytes trachytic trachytoid tracing tracing

tracings tracing (cephalometric) tracing paper tracing routine track (current term) track (current term) track-to-track seek time trackable trackage trackages

trackball trackballs tracked tracked vehicle tracker tracker trackers tracking trackings tracklayer

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