track

Meaning

1. A mark left by something that has passed along.
2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
3. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
4. A road or other similar beaten path.
5. Physical course; way.
6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
7. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
8. The way or rails along which a train moves.
9. A tract or area, such as of land.
10. (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
11. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
12. The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
13. Short for caterpillar track.
14. The pitch.
15. Sound stored on a record.
16. The physical track on a record.
17. A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
18. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
19. The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
20. A themed set of talks within a conference.
21. (colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.

path

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caterpillar tread

data track

follow tracks

observe the precepts

cart track

foot-mark

search after

caterpillar band

ball-room

chase down

dance-hall

follow up on

foot-print

keep track of

path [n[

rail line

sound-track

florist’s willow

streetcar track

crawler belt

moment of span

hoof-print

caterpillar trend

apron wheel

creep path

strided distance

leg pathway

railway track

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footprmul

haul on the rope

beaten path

literary work

magnetic track

race-course

sound channel

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹæk/

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.