Track word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
[noun] a course over which races are run
[noun] any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
[noun] a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll
[noun] a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
[noun] a groove on a phonograph recording
[noun] (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
[noun] an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
[noun] evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
[noun] 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"
[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"
[verb] make tracks upon
[verb] travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
[verb] go after with the intent to catch
[verb] carry (as mud) on the feet and deposit
[verb] observe or plot the moving path of something (e.g., a target or missile)

\Track\, n. [OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach. Cf. {Trick}.] 1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel. The bright track of his fiery car. --Shak. 2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. Far from track of men. --Milton. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc. 4. A road; a beaten path. Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. --Dryden. 5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet. 6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. 7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails. 8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] ``Small tracks of ground.'' --Fuller. {Track scale}, a railway scale. See under {Railway}.
\Track\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tracked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tracking}.] To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow. It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. --Macaulay. 2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

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