ALL meanings of track
track
T t - noun track a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs. 1
- noun track a wheel rut. 1
- noun track evidence, as a mark or a series of marks, that something has passed. 1
- noun track Usually, tracks. footprints or other marks left by an animal, person, or vehicle: a lion's tracks; car tracks. 1
- noun track a path made or beaten by or as if by the feet of people or animals; trail: to follow the track of a murderer. 1
- noun track a line of travel or motion: the track of a bird. 1
- noun track a course or route followed. 1
- noun track a course of action, conduct, or procedure: on the right track to solve the problem. 1
- noun track a path or course made or laid out for some particular purpose. 1
- noun track a series or sequence of events or ideas. 1
- noun track something associated with making a track, as the wheel span of a vehicle or the tread of a tire. 1
- noun track a caterpillar tread. 1
- noun track Sports. a course laid out for running or racing. the group of sports performed on such a course, as running or hurdling, as distinguished from field events. both track and field events as a whole. 1
- noun track Recording. a band of recorded sound laid along the length of a magnetic tape. band2 (def 6). an individual song or segment of a recording: a title track. a discrete, separate recording that is combined with other parts of a musical recording to produce the final aural version: a special rhythm track added to the basic track. 1
- noun track Automotive. the distance between the centers of the treads of either the front or rear wheels of a vehicle. 1
- noun track Computers. a data-recording path on a storage medium, as a magnetic disk, tape, or drum, that is accessible to a read-write head in a given position as the medium moves past. 1
- noun track tracks, Slang. needle marks on the arm, leg, or body of a drug user caused by habitual injections. 1
- noun track sound track. 1
- noun track a metal strip or rail along which something, as lighting or a curtain, can be mounted or moved. 1
- noun track Education. a study program or level of curriculum to which a student is assigned on the basis of aptitude or need; academic course or path. 1
- verb with object track to follow or pursue the track, traces, or footprints of. 1
- verb with object track to follow (a track, course, etc.). 1
- verb with object track to make one's way through; traverse. 1
- verb with object track to leave footprints on (often followed by up or on): to track the floor with muddy shoes. 1
- verb with object track to make a trail of footprints with (dirt, snow, or the like): The dog tracked mud all over the living room rug. 1
- verb with object track to observe or monitor the course or path of (an aircraft, rocket, satellite, star, etc.), as by radar or radio signals. 1
- verb with object track to observe or follow the course of progress of; keep track of. 1
- verb with object track to furnish with a track or tracks, as for railroad trains. 1
- verb with object track Railroads. to have (a certain distance) between wheels, runners, rails, etc. 1
- verb without object track to follow or pursue a track or trail. 1
- verb without object track to run in the same track, as the wheels of a vehicle. 1
- verb without object track to be in alignment, as one gearwheel with another. 1
- verb without object track to have a specified span between wheels or runners: The car's wheels track about five feet. 1
- verb without object track Movies, Television. dolly (def 12). 1
- verb without object track Recording. to follow the undulations in the grooves of a phonograph record. 1
- idioms track in one's tracks, Informal. in the spot in which one is or is standing at the moment: He stopped dead in his tracks, listening for the sound to be repeated. 1
- idioms track keep track, to be aware; keep informed: Have you been keeping track of the time? 1
- idioms track lose track, to fail to keep informed; neglect to keep a record: He soon lost track of how much money he had spent. 1
- idioms track make tracks, Informal. to go or depart in a hurry: to make tracks for the store before closing time. 1
- idioms track off the track, departing from the objective or the subject at hand; astray: He can't tell a story without getting off the track. 1
- idioms track on the track of, in search or pursuit of; close upon: They are on the track of a solution to the problem. 1
- idioms track on the wrong / right side of the tracks, from a poor or wealthy part of a community or of society: born on the wrong side of the tracks. 1
- noun track racing circuit 1
- noun track railway line 1
- noun,plural track footprints 1
- noun,plural track imprints, marks 1
- noun track piece of recorded music, song 1
- transitive verb track monitor the progress of 1
- noun track route of a race 1
- noun track path 1