See Also: track(medicine)
track(dictionary)
track(2)(dictionary)
track(1)(dictionary)
Track the Project(money)
fast-track(dictionary)
fast track(dictionary)
dirt track(dictionary)
cart track(dictionary)
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track verb1. [trak] E16.
[from TRACK noun or from French traquer.]
I. Used by confusion for TRACT verb.
verb trans. Put off, delay. Cf. TRACT verb 2. Only in E16.
II.
a. verb trans. Follow the track of; trace the course or movements of. Also, find and follow (a track, course, etc.). M16.
track down reach or capture by tracking; find, locate.
Sir W. Scott Misfortunes which track my footsteps like slot-hounds. Daily Telegraph Every..aircraft flying over Europe can be tracked by radar. M. Bradbury You track me, you spy on me. Scientific American During a head turn the eyes often track a single point.
b. verb intrans. Follow up a track or trail. E19.
c. verb intrans. Electronics. Of a tunable circuit or component: vary in frequency in the same way as another circuit or component, so that the frequency difference between them remains constant. M20.
verb trans.
a. Mark out (a path or way), esp. by repeated use, mark with tracks, beat. Also, indicate the path or course of. L16.
New Scientist Dusty trails tracked by mammoth and horses.
b. Make one's way through or across; traverse. L18.
a. verb intrans. Follow a track or path; pass, go, travel. Now US slang. L16.
b. verb intrans. & trans. Of a gramophone stylus: follow (the groove of a record or the sound produced by this). E20.
Gramophone This cartridge successfully tracks all types of records.
c. verb intrans. Of a film or television camera, or its operator: move in relation to the subject being filmed. Freq. foll. by back, in. M20.
verb intrans. Of the wheels of a vehicle etc.: run so that the back ones are in the same track as the front ones; be in alignment (with). Of the feet: be placed in walking in the same straight line. E19.
E. Hough His feet..do not 'track', but cross each other weakly. Dirt Bike A firmer fork will help the bike track better.
verb trans. Leave a trail of footprints on (a floor); make a track with (dirt or snow) from the feet. N. Amer. M19.
track in bring in (dirt etc.) on the feet. track up mess up or dirty with the feet.
J. Reed The mud underfoot was deep..tracked everywhere by heavy boots.
verb intrans.
a. Keep company with, esp. as a companion or lover; consort with. Austral. E20.
b. Be or feel emotionally involved (with), enjoy a rapport, relate. US. L20.
Newsweek He tracks better with reporters than did his phlegmatic predecessor.
Comb.: track-ball Computing a small ball that is rotated in a holder to move a cursor on a screen; a tracker ball.
tracka'bility noun the ability of a stylus or cartridge to track adequately L20.