track
track (trăk) noun
1. a. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed. See synonyms at trace1. b. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks: an old wagon track through the mountains.
2. A path along which something moves; a course: following the track of an airplane on radar.
3. a. A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle. b. An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track.
4. A succession of ideas; a train of thought.
5. Awareness of something occurring or passing: keeping track of the score; lost all track of time.
6. Sports. a. A course laid out for running or racing. b. Athletic competition on such a course; track events. c. Track and field.
7. A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run.
8. A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus.
9. Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs: academic, vocational, and general tracks.
10. a. A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound or other information is recorded. b. A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album. c. One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.
verb
tracked, tracking, tracks
verb, transitive
1. To follow the tracks of; trail: tracking game through the forest.
2. To pursue successfully: "When, like a running grave, time tracks you down" (Dylan Thomas).
3. To move over or along; traverse.
4. To carry on the shoes and deposit: tracked mud on the rug.
5. To observe or monitor the course of (aircraft, for example), as by radar.
6. To observe the progress of; follow: tracking the company's performance daily.
7. To equip with a track.
8. To assign (a student) to a curricular track.
verb, intransitive
1. To move along a track.
2. To follow a course; travel.
3. To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels.
4. To be in alignment.
idiom.
in (one's) tracks
Exactly where one is standing: stopped him right in his tracks.
[Middle English trak, from Old French trac, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
trackʹable adjective
trackʹer noun