track
Cross references:
1. trace
1. track \'trak\ n [ME trak, fr. MF trac, perh. of Gmc origin; akin to MD
trackenX, trecken to pull, haul - more at TREK 1a: detectable evidence (as
the wake of a ship, a line of footprints, or a wheel rut) that something
has passed 1b: a path made by repeated footfalls : TRAIL 1c1: a course
laid out esp. for racing 1c2: the parallel rails of a railroad 2:
VESTIGE, TRACE 3a: the course along which something moves 3b: the
projection on the earth's surface of the path along which an airpla ne has
actually flown 4a: a sequence of events : a train of ideas : SUCCESSION
4b: awareness of a fact or progression {keep ~} {lose ~> 5a: the width of a
wheeled vehicle from wheel to wheel and usu. from the ou tside of the rims
5b: the tread of an automobile tire 5c: either of two endless metal belts
on which a tracklaying vehicle travel s 6: track-and-field sports; esp :
those performed on a racing track
2. track vt 1: to follow the tracks or traces of : TRAIL 2a: to follow by
vestiges : TRACE 2b: to observe or plot the moving path of (as a target or
missile) with an instrument (as a telescope) 3: to pass over : TRAVERSE
4a: to make tracks upon 4b: to carry (as mud) on the feet and deposit of
a pair of wheels 1a1: to maintain a constant distance apart on the
straightaway 1a2: to fit a track or rails of a rear wheel of a vehicle
1b: to accurately follow the corresponding fore wheel on a straightaway 2:
to leave tracks (as on a floor) - track.er n