track

track
track1
noun
1》 a rough path or minor road.
2》 a prepared course or circuit for racing.
3》 a mark or line of marks left by a person, animal, or vehicle in passing.
    ↘the course followed by someone or something.
4》 a continuous line of rails on a railway.
5》 a strip or rail along which something (e.g. a curtain) may be moved.
6》 a continuous articulated metal band around the wheels of a heavy vehicle such as a tank, facilitating movement over difficult ground.
7》 Electronics a continuous line of conductive material on a printed circuit board, connecting parts of a circuit.
8》 a section of a record, compact disc, or cassette tape containing one song or piece of music. [orig. denoting a groove on a gramophone record.]
    ↘a lengthwise strip of magnetic tape containing one sequence of signals.
9》 the transverse distance between a vehicle's wheels.
10》 US term for stream (in sense 3).
verb
1》 follow the course or movements of.
    ↘(track someone/thing down) find someone or something after a lengthy search.
    ↘follow a course.
    ↘(of a stylus) follow (a groove in a record).
    ↘(of a film or television camera) move in relation to the subject being filmed. [with ref. to early filming when a camera was mobile by means of a track.]
2》 (of wheels) run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones.
3》 Electronics (of a tunable circuit or component) vary in frequency in the same way as another circuit or component.
4》 (track something up) N. Amer. leave a trail of dirty footprints on a surface.
    ↘(track something in) leave a trail of dirt or snow from one's feet.
Phrases
keep (or lose) track of keep (or fail to keep) fully aware of or informed about.
make tracks (for) informal leave (for a place).
on the right (or wrong) track following a course likely to result in success (or failure).
on track following a course likely to achieve what is required.
stop (or be stopped) in one's tracks informal be brought to a sudden and complete halt.
the wrong side of the tracks informal a poor or less prestigious part of town. [with ref. to the railway tracks of American towns, once serving as a line of demarcation between rich and poor quarters.]
Derivatives
trackage noun (N. Amer.).
trackless adjective
Origin
C15: the noun from OFr. trac, perh. from Low Ger. or Du. trek 'draught, drawing'; the verb from Fr. traquer or directly from the noun.
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track2
verb tow (a canoe) along a waterway from the bank.
Origin
C18: appar. from Du. trekken 'to pull or travel'; the change in the vowel was due to assoc. with track1.

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