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
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 . Related terms line trail steps inside_track round collision_course swath course |
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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 . Related terms |
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[ verb ] go after with the intent to catch
Synonyms 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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[ noun ] evidence pointing to a possible solution
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 . |
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[ noun ] (sport) a course over which races are run
Synonyms 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 . Related terms course racing_circuit cinder_track speedway dirt_track stretch inside_track |
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[ noun ] (transportation) an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
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[ verb ] make tracks upon
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[ noun ] (transportation) a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
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[ noun ] a groove on a phonograph recording
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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
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[ noun ] (transportation) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
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[ noun ] (sport) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
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