Track - Definition

n 1: 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]
2: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are
following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the
perpetrator" [syn: lead, track, trail]
3: a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
4: a course over which races are run [syn: racetrack,
racecourse, raceway, track]
5: 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]
6: an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the
ground [syn: track, caterpillar track, caterpillar
tread]
7: (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]
8: a groove on a phonograph recording
9: 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]
10: any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
[syn: track, cart track, cartroad]
11: the act of participating in an athletic competition
involving running on a track [syn: track, running]
v 1: carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
2: observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a
missile"
3: 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]
4: 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]
5: make tracks upon