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1. n. A mark left by something that has passed along. | |
Follow the track of the ship. | |
Can you see any tracks in the snow? | |
2. n. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal. | |
The fox tracks were still visible in the snow. | |
3. n. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. | |
4. n. A road or other similar beaten path. | |
Follow the track for a hundred metres. | |
5. n. Physical course; way. | |
Astronomers predicted the track of the comet. | |
6. n. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. | |
The athletes ran round the track. | |
7. n. The direction and progress of someone or something; path. | |
8. n. (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves. | |
They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track. | |
9. n. A tract or area, such as of land. | |
10. n. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring. | |
11. n. (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width) | |
12. n. (automotive) Short for caterpillar track. | |
13. n. (cricket) The pitch. | |
14. n. Sound stored on a record. | |
15. n. The physical track on a record. | |
16. n. (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence | |
My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine". | |
17. n. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors. | |
18. n. (sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general. | |
I'm going to try out for track next week. | |
19. n. A session talk on a conference. | |
20. v. To continue observing over time. | |
21. v. To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time. | |
We will track the raven population over the next six months. | |
22. v. To monitor the movement of a person or object. | |
Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid. | |
23. v. To match the movement or change of a person or object. | |
My height tracks my father's at my age, so I might end up as tall as him. | |
24. v. (transitive, or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot. | |
The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time. | |
25. v. (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move. | |
The hurricane tracked further west than expected. | |
26. v. To follow the tracks of. | |
My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud. | |
27. v. To discover the location of a person or object. | |
I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night. | |
28. v. To leave in the form of tracks. | |
In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house. | |
29. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track). | |
Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week. | |
30. v. (computing, transitive, or intransitive) To create music using tracker software. | |