track

Meanings

Noun

• A mark left by something that has passed along.
• A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
• The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
• A road or other similar beaten path.
• Physical course; way.
• A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
• The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
• The way or rails along which a train moves.
• A tract or area, such as of land.
• The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
• Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
• The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
• The pitch.
• Sound stored on a record.
• The physical track on a record.
• A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
• A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
• The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
• A themed set of talks within a conference.

Verb

• To continue over time.
• To follow the tracks of.
• To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
• To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
• To create a musical recording (a track).
• To make sense; to be consistent with known information

Related

Similar words

• monitor
• follow
• find, locate, trace, track down
• make sense, check out

Narrower meaning words

• album track
• beaten track<!--only in "off the beaten track"?-->
• cycle track
• double track
• fast track
• hidden track
• lose track
• mommy track
• railroad track
• railway track
• reserved track
• running track
• side track, sidetrack
• slab track
• team track
• test track
• title track
• train track
• tram track

Origin

• , German Low German Treck. See tread, trek.