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Track Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Track?
[n] the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
[n] a course over which races are run [n] any road or path affording passage especially a rough one [n] a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll [n] a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels [n] a groove on a phonograph recording [n] (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data [n] an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground [n] evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" [n] 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" [n] 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" [v] make tracks upon [v] travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [v] go after with the intent to catch [v] carry (as mud) on the feet and deposit [v] observe or plot the moving path of something (e.g., a target or missile) Synonyms | Synonyms for Track: cart track | cartroad | caterpillar track | caterpillar tread | chase | chase after | course | cover | cross | cut | cut across | cut through | data track | dog | get across | get over | go after | lead | pass over | path | racecourse | racetrack | raceway | rail | rails | running | tag | tail | trail | trail | traverse Related Terms | Find terms related to Track: See Also | artefact | artifact | bar | belt | belt | bridge | bring in | channel | chase away | cinder track | circuit | collision course | course | create | crisscross | dirt track | dispel | drive | drive away | drive off | drive out | evidence | excerpt | extract | follow | ford | go across | go through | groove | grounds | half track | hop | hound | hunt | inside track | inside track | introduce | itinerary | jaywalk | line | make | observe | pass | path | portage | pursue | quest | racing circuit | railroad | railroad track | railway | road | round | route | run down | run off | selection | speedway | steps | streetcar track | stretch | stride | swath | tag along | take | third rail | trace | track and field | track meet | tracked vehicle | trail | trail | tramline | tramp | tramway | turn back | walk Track In Webster's Dictionary \Track\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said
of birds, etc.
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, etc.
7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.
8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] 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}.] 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.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. |
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