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noun

Track 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. "The bright track of his fiery car."

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

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

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

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

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

(Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.

A tract or area, as of land. (Obs.) "Small tracks of ground."

Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway.

verb

Track v. t. (past & past part. tracked; pres. part. 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."

(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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Etymology of 'Track'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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