'Track' definitions:
Definition of 'track'
From: WordNet
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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a reckoning of,
- account of,
- acrobatics,
- afterclap,
- aftercrop,
- aftereffect,
- afterglow,
- aftergrowth,
- afterimage,
- aftermath,
- aftertaste,
- agonistics,
- aim,
- air lane,
- alameda,
- alley,
- apprehend,
- archery ground,
- artery,
- association football,
- athletic field,
- athletics,
- attend,
- automobile racing,
- avenue,
- azimuth,
- backwash,
- badminton court,
- baseball field,
- basketball court,
- bathing,
- bearing,
- beat,
- beaten path,
- beaten track,
- bent,
- berm,
- bicycle path,
- billiard parlor,
- birthmark,
- blackhead,
- bleb,
- blemish,
- blister,
- boardwalk,
- boulevard,
- bowling alley,
- bowling green,
- branch,
- bridle path,
- broad hint,
- bulla,
- bureaucracy,
- bureaucratism,
- cable railway,
- capture,
- catch,
- catwalk,
- chase,
- check,
- check of,
- chinoiserie,
- cicatrix,
- circuit,
- class,
- clue,
- cog railway,
- come after,
- comedo,
- condensation trail,
- contrail,
- count of,
- course,
- court,
- cover,
- crack,
- crater,
- craze,
- cricket ground,
- croquet ground,
- croquet lawn,
- cue,
- current,
- daily grind,
- defacement,
- defect,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- diamond,
- direction,
- direction line,
- disfiguration,
- disfigurement,
- displace,
- distortion,
- do,
- dog,
- dog racing,
- drag,
- drift,
- drive,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- emanate,
- embankment,
- ensue,
- esplanade,
- fairway,
- falcon,
- fastwalk,
- fault,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- ferret out,
- field,
- find,
- flaw,
- flight path,
- flush,
- follow,
- follow a clue,
- follow after,
- follow the hounds,
- follow up,
- foot pavement,
- football field,
- footpath,
- footprints,
- footstep,
- footway,
- forget,
- form,
- fowl,
- freckle,
- garden path,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- glaciarium,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- go after,
- go hunting,
- golf course,
- golf links,
- grade,
- gravity-operated railway,
- gridiron,
- grind,
- groove,
- gun,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- gymnastics,
- hawk,
- heading,
- helmsmanship,
- hemangioma,
- hickey,
- highway,
- hiking trail,
- hint,
- horse racing,
- horse railway,
- hound,
- hunt,
- hunt down,
- ice rink,
- implication,
- impress,
- imprint,
- inclination,
- index,
- indication,
- infield,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intimation,
- issue,
- itinerary,
- jack,
- jacklight,
- jog trot,
- junction,
- keep track of,
- keep up on,
- keep up with,
- keloid,
- kick,
- kink,
- L,
- lay,
- lentigo,
- lie,
- light railroad,
- line,
- line of direction,
- line of march,
- links,
- look,
- lose,
- lose sight of,
- lose track of,
- main line,
- mall,
- mark,
- measure,
- metro,
- milium,
- mislay,
- misplace,
- mole,
- monitor,
- monorail,
- natation,
- navigation,
- needle scar,
- nevus,
- nod,
- nose,
- nose out,
- nudge,
- orbit,
- orientation,
- outfield,
- oval,
- overpass,
- oversee,
- overtake,
- palaestra,
- parade,
- pass over,
- pass through,
- path,
- pathway,
- patrol,
- perambulate,
- peregrinate,
- pererrate,
- piloting,
- pimple,
- piste,
- pit,
- playground,
- playing field,
- playroom,
- ply,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- point,
- polo ground,
- pool hall,
- poolroom,
- port-wine mark,
- port-wine stain,
- prado,
- primrose path,
- print,
- prints,
- promenade,
- prompt,
- prowl after,
- public walk,
- pursue,
- pustule,
- putting green,
- quarter,
- racecourse,
- racing,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- racket court,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- rails,
- railway,
- range,
- range over,
- reconnoiter,
- record,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- replace,
- result,
- ride to hounds,
- rift,
- rink,
- road,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- round,
- route,
- routine,
- Rugby,
- rugger,
- run,
- run down,
- run to earth,
- runway,
- rut,
- scab,
- scar,
- scent,
- scour,
- scour the country,
- scout,
- scratch,
- sea lane,
- sebaceous cyst,
- seek out,
- set,
- shadow,
- shikar,
- shoot,
- shortcut,
- sidetrack,
- sidewalk,
- siding,
- sign,
- signal,
- signs,
- skating rink,
- slot,
- smell out,
- sniff out,
- soccer,
- soccer field,
- split,
- spoor,
- sport,
- sports,
- squash court,
- squirrel cage,
- stalk,
- start,
- steerage,
- steering,
- step,
- still-hunt,
- strawberry mark,
- street,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- stretch,
- sty,
- subway,
- succeed,
- suggestion,
- supervene,
- supervise,
- suspicion,
- sweep,
- swimming,
- switchback,
- symptom,
- tabs of,
- tail,
- tally of,
- telltale,
- tendency,
- tennis court,
- tenor,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- the turf,
- thoroughfare,
- tour,
- towing path,
- towpath,
- trace,
- trace down,
- traces,
- track,
- track and field,
- track down,
- track of,
- track sports,
- tract,
- trade route,
- trail,
- traject,
- trajectory,
- trajet,
- tram,
- tramline,
- transit,
- travel over,
- travel through,
- traverse,
- tread,
- treadmill,
- trend,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trottoir,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- tumbling,
- turf,
- turnout,
- twist,
- underground,
- vapor trail,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- vestige,
- voyage,
- wake,
- wale,
- walk,
- walkway,
- warp,
- wart,
- wash,
- watch,
- way,
- weal,
- well-worn groove,
- welt,
- wen,
- whisper,
- whitehead,
- wink
Words containing 'Track'
- track down,
- tracked,
- tracking,
- Bridle track,
- Caterpillar track,
- Inside track,
- Race track,
- Track scale,
- cart track,
- cinder track,
- data track,
- dirt track,
- fast track,
- half track,
- keep track,
- laugh track,
- lose track,
- off the beaten track,
- railroad track,
- sound track,
- spur track,
- streetcar track,
- track and field,
- track event,
- track meet,
- track record,
- track star,
- tracked vehicle,
- tracking station,
- track-to-track seek time,
- To take the back track,
- Track-road,
- caterpillar-tracked,
- half-track,
- half-tracked,
- cart-track plant