Definition of 'track'
Noun
- a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
Synonyms: path course - evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
Synonyms: lead trail - a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- a course over which races are run
Synonyms: racetrack racecourse raceway - a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
Synonyms: cut - an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
Synonyms: caterpillar track caterpillar tread - (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 - a groove on a phonograph recording
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
Synonyms: rail rails - any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
Synonyms: cart track cartroad - the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
Synonyms: running
Verb
- carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
- observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"
- go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
Synonyms: chase chase after trail tail tag give chase dog go after - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
Synonyms: traverse cover cross pass over get over get across cut through cut across - make tracks upon
