track has definitions from the fields of sport,transportation,computer science,music,fine art,writing
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[ noun ] a line or route along which something travels or moves

Synonyms

course path

Examples

: "the hurricane demolished houses in its path" "the track of an animal" "the course of the river"

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

There had been no sign of a rifleman and no track or trace to show that anyone had been near .

There were no tracks of either hoofs or boots .

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

A man knocked the roulette_ball about idly in its track , and another dozed at one of the card_tables .

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[ verb ] carry on the feet and deposit

Examples

"track mud into the house"

Used in print

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

They tracked mud on the oaken floor , on the carpet .

Related terms

bring_in path

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[ noun ] (transportation) road consisting of a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

He crossed the tracks to Delaware_House , where ladies in gay dresses and men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah .

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[ verb ] go after with the intent to catch

Examples

"The policeman chased the mugger down the alley" "the dog chased the rabbit"

Used in print

(Anita Loos, No Mother to Guide Her....)

I did not rest until I had tracked the mystery down .

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[ verb ] observe or plot the moving path of something (e.g., a target or missile)

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

To round_out the blockading force , submarines would be needed - to locate , identify and track approaching vessels .

Related terms

observe path

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[ noun ] evidence pointing to a possible solution

Synonyms

lead trail

Examples

"the police are following a promising lead" "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

If we manage to keep track of a Bombus queen after she has left her feeding place , we may discover the snug little hideout which she has fixed_up for herself when she woke_up from her winter sleep .

Related terms

evidence chase

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[ noun ] (sport) a course over which races are run

Used in print

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

During the summer he had tried to repair some of his losses at the track , and the bare trees reminded him that his pari-mutuel tickets would still be lying , like leaves , in the gutters near Belmont and Saratoga .

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[ noun ] (transportation) an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
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[ verb ] travel across or pass over

Examples

"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

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[ verb ] make tracks upon

Related terms

make

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[ noun ] (transportation) a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll

Synonyms

rails rail

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[ noun ] a groove on a phonograph recording

Related terms

groove

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[ noun ] (music,fine art,writing) a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

Synonyms

cut

Examples

"he played the first cut on the cd" "the title track of the album"

Related terms

excerpt

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

Synonyms

data_track

Related terms

path computer_science

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[ noun ] (transportation) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

Synonyms

cartroad cart_track

Related terms

road trail portage

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[ noun ] (sport) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

Synonyms

running

Related terms

track_and_field track_meet

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