1. (

• path ,
• track ,
• course

) 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" ;

2. (

• lead ,
• track ,
• trail

) evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" ;

3. (

• track ,

) a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels ;

4. (

• racetrack ,
• racecourse ,
• raceway ,
• track ,

) a course over which races are run ;

5. (

• cut ,
• track

) 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" ;

6. (

• track ,
• caterpillar_track ,
• caterpillar_tread

) an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground ;

7. (

• track ,
• data_track

) (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data ;

8. (

• track ,

) a groove on a phonograph recording ;

9. (

• track ,
• rail ,
• rails ,
• runway ,

) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll ;

10. (

• track ,
• cart_track ,
• cartroad

) any road or path affording passage especially a rough one ;

11. (

• track ,
• running

) the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track ;

1. (

• track ,

) carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house" ;

2. (

• track

) observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile" ;

3. (

• chase ,
• chase_after ,
• trail ,
• tail ,
• tag ,
• give_chase ,
• dog ,
• go_after ,
• track

) go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" ;

4. (

• traverse ,
• track ,
• cover ,
• cross ,
• pass_over ,
• get_over ,
• get_across ,
• cut_through ,
• cut_across

) travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" ;

5. (

• track

) make tracks upon ;