'tracking' definitions:

Definition of 'tracking'

(from WordNet)
noun
The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]

Definition of 'tracking'

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]

Synonyms of 'tracking'

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