'Track' definitions:

Definition of 'track'

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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" [syn: path, track, course]
noun
Evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" [syn: lead, track, trail]
noun
A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
noun
A course over which races are run [syn: racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track]
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" [syn: cut, track]
noun
An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground [syn: track, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread]
noun
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data [syn: track, data track]
noun
A groove on a phonograph recording
noun
A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll [syn: track, rail, rails, runway]
noun
Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one [syn: track, cart track, cartroad]
noun
The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: track, running]
verb
Carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
verb
Observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"
verb
Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track]
verb
Travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across]
verb
Make tracks upon

Definition of 'Track'

From: GCIDE
  • Track \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. [1913 Webster]
  • It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Track'

From: GCIDE
  • Track \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. [1913 Webster]
  • The bright track of his fiery car. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. [1913 Webster]
  • Far from track of men. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A road; a beaten path. [1913 Webster]
  • Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] "Small tracks of ground." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • Track scale, a railway scale. See under Railway. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'track'

From: GCIDE
  • Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]
  • 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. [1913 Webster]
  • This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
  • There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. [1913 Webster]
  • The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. [1913 Webster]
  • Gauge of a carriage, car, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the track.
  • Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
  • Gauge concussion (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail.
  • Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge.
  • Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge.
  • Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
  • Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.
  • Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight.
  • Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
  • Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow.
  • Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
  • Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page.
  • Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
  • Salt gauge, or Brine gauge, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
  • Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
  • Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
  • Sliding gauge. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under Gauge, n., 5.
  • Star gauge (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length.
  • Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler.
  • Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the tides.
  • Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air.
  • Water gauge. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler.
  • Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
  • Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'track'

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