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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

... these dreams in a moment; for, how could they pick up nuggets along a line of "permanent way," as Jupp would have called it—a beaten track that thousands traversed every day by the aid of the potent iron-horse and a ...

— Teddy - The Story of a Little Pickle • J. C. Hutcheson

... of for the night. I drew a breath of relief. To-morrow Great Scotland Yard should set out on the track of the absconding Harry. Carlotta's happy recollection of his surname facilitated the search. I lit a cigarette and opened The ...

— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke

... renders by faithfully. A moment's thought given to the English word stolid should have put him on the right track. ...

— Helps to Latin Translation at Sight • Edmund Luce

... all back at work, Johnny thought once more of the big yellow cat and the little yellow men. The storm had wiped out every trace of his struggle with the men and every track of the cat. But the native village? Might he not discover some trace of his assailants there? He resolved to visit the village. Since his men were all employed, he would ...

— Panther Eye • Roy J. Snell

... that they may cover the whole gamut of differences between a split soul like Dr. Jekyll's and an utterly singleminded Brand, Parsifal, or Don Quixote. If the selves are too unrelated, we distrust the man; if they are too inflexibly on one track we find him arid, stubborn, or eccentric. In the repertory of characters, meager for the isolated and the self-sufficient, highly varied for the adaptable, there is a whole range of selves, from that one at the top which we should wish ...

— Public Opinion • Walter Lippmann

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