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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tracking" Quotes from Famous Books

... has assisted at a contested election knows very well that many mistakes occur. I propose to allow 3 per cent. for illegible cards which prevented the canvasser from tracking his prey, 4 per cent. for those who failed to find the recruiting office owing to misdirection, but will be sure to find it before long, and 1/2 per cent. for sundries, such as men who were temporarily confined to ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 • Various

... but there was such an air of candor and earnestness in the communication he now made, that we threw aside all suspicion and confided in him. He stated that there was a large party of Indians in our rear, who had been tracking us for several hours; and that it was their intention early in the morning to surround us, and take us prisoners for victims at the stake, "but," said he, "if my white brudder will follow his red brudder ...

— Stories and Sketches • Harriet S. Caswell

... this mean! Why are you tracking me!" demanded the captain angrily, but the wily Indian, instead of starting back and betraying himself by terror, advanced quietly, not even removing his hand from the hidden knife hilt, and answered smoothly in ...

— Standish of Standish - A story of the Pilgrims • Jane G. Austin

... I ordered three days' rations for two men, and Charlie Meyers desired to know if I was going to Salt Lake City or New York. I told him I was going out hunting, and if I struck fresh signs of game I proposed tracking it to ...

— Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains • William F. Drannan

... so pleasant, hearty, and sincere in his friendliness toward both Peter and old Aunt Becky that Peter, even amid the complete side- tracking and derailing of his mission, decided that it ever he did have occasion to purchase any groceries, he would do his trading at this market ruled by an absolute honesty with, and a complete ...

— Birthright - A Novel • T.S. Stribling

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