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track in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
    track  cart track  cartroad 
  2. an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
    track  caterpillar track  caterpillar tread 
  3. 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"
    path  track  course 
  4. 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"
    cut  track 
  5. (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
    track  data track 
  6. evidence pointing to a possible solution
    "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
    lead  track  trail 
  7. a course over which races are run
    racetrack  racecourse  raceway  track 
  8. a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
    track  rail  rails  runway 
  9. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
    track  running 
  10. a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
    track 
  11. a groove on a phonograph recording
    track 
verb
  1. go after with the intent to catch
    "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
    chase  chase after  trail  tail  tag  give chase  dog  go after  track 
  2. travel across or pass over
    "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
    traverse  track  cover  cross  pass over  get over  get across  cut through  cut across 
  3. make tracks upon
    track 
  4. carry on the feet and deposit
    "track mud into the house"
    track 
  5. observe or plot the moving path of something
    "track a missile"
    track 
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