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track

noun
/ˈtɹæk/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from trec
  2. derived from traðk
  3. derived from trac — “track of horses, trail, trace”
  4. inherited from trak

Definitions

  1. A mark left by something that has passed along.

    • Follow the track of the ship.
    • Can you see any tracks in the snow?

  2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

    • The fox tracks were still visible in the snow.

  3. The entire lower surface of the foot

    The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

  4. ›+ 26 more definitions

    1. A road or other similar beaten path.

      • Follow the track for a hundred metres.

    2. Physical course

      Physical course; way.

      • Astronomers predicted the track of the comet.

    3. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

      • The athletes ran round the track.

    4. The direction and progress of someone or something

      The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

      • You cannot simply “get” your child back on track; you and others can only help your child with that task.
      • My track record was enough proof that I couldn't use women for medicinal purposes, and even my attempts at casual relationships were not adequate enough to even temporarily release the poisons inside me.

    5. The way or rails along which a train moves.

      • They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.

    6. A tract or area, such as of land.

    7. The street, as a prostitute's place of work.

      • A real pimp is a gentleman, but these are pimps in gorilla suits. They hang around pimps, they have hoes on the track working for them, they may even look like pimps, but they are straight simps.
      • After putting Tonya Down on the track, we headed to this club called the Players Club.

    8. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

      • You will need to keep track of meetings with your lawyer and court deadlines.
      • We have to formulate what we want, be so concentrated on it, so focused on it, and so aware of it that we lose track of ourselves, we lose track of time, we lose track of our identity.

    9. The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.

    10. Ellipsis of caterpillar track.

    11. The pitch.

    12. Sound stored on a record.

    13. The physical track on a record.

    14. A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a…

      A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.

      • My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine".

    15. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk,…

      A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.

    16. The racing events of track and field

      The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

      • I'm going to try out for track next week.

    17. A themed set of talks within a conference.

      • This year's third annual Women's Institute will include two tracks—on health and organizational issues—because of the overwhelming response and demand for more workshops last year.

    18. Clipping of trackshoe.

    19. A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.

    20. To continue over time.

      • We will track the raven population over the next six months.

    21. To follow the tracks of.

      • My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud.

    22. To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.

      • I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night.
      • "She could be at any hospital...she could be ill. It's not clear whether she has fled," he told reporters. "Yingluck has many homes and many cars. It is difficult to track her."

    23. To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.

      • In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.

    24. To create a musical recording (a track).

      • Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week.

    25. To make sense

      To make sense; to be consistent with known information

      • Vitron isn't hiding anything. The oil is there, the books are open, everything tracks.
      • Before he took off, our guy went online... to transfer all his personal accounts into his checking account. CDs, money market funds, everything. That tracks. According to Nick, he was trying to sell the dry cleaners.
      • There was an electrical storm in the center of this blizzard, Ben. It's extremely rare, but it can happen. Dark lightning? I can't prove it, but it tracks.

    26. To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of…

      To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.

      • Most working class kids are purposely "tracked" through schools, kept uninformed about scholarships and remedial education/vocation programs and shepherded into dead-end jobs.

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Derived

8-track, Amtrak, art track, audiotrack, backing track, backtrack, belt track, betrack, biotrack, buzz track, Cascio tracks, click track, continuous track, crawler track, crosstrack, detrack, dirt track, diss track, doubletrack, down the track, dreaming track, dreamtime track, exercise track, flaptrack, flat-track bully, four-track, ghost track, half-track, half-tracker, hallway track, inside track, intertrack, keep track, laughter track, laugh track, long track, microtrack, midtrack, mid-track, minitrack · +125 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at track. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at track. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at track

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA