track

Definitions of track in various dictionaries:

noun - a line or route along which something travels or moves

noun - evidence pointing to a possible solution

noun - a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

noun - a course over which races are run

noun - a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

noun - an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

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

noun - a groove on a phonograph recording

noun - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

noun - any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

noun - the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

verb - carry on the feet and deposit

verb - observe or plot the moving path of something

verb - go after with the intent to catch

verb - travel across or pass over

verb - make tracks upon

A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.

A path, route, or course indicated by such marks: an old wagon track through the mountains.

A path along which something moves; a course: following the track of an airplane on radar.

A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle.

An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track.

A succession of ideas; a train of thought.

Awareness of something occurring or passing: keeping track of the score; lost all track of time.

Sports.

A course laid out for running or racing.

Athletic competition on such a course; track events.

Track and field.

A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run.

A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus.

Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs: academic, vocational, and general tracks.

A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound or other information is recorded.

A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album.

One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.

To follow the tracks of; trail: tracking game through the forest.

To pursue successfully: “When, like a running grave, time tracks you down” (Dylan Thomas).

To move over or along; traverse.

To carry on the shoes and deposit: tracked mud on the rug.

To observe or monitor the course of (aircraft, for example), as by radar.

To observe the progress of; follow: tracking the company’s performance daily.

To equip with a track.

To assign (a student) to a curricular track.

To move along a track.

To follow a course; travel.

To keep a constant distance apart.

To be in alignment.

verb - to follow the marks left by an animal, a person, or a vehicle