track
noun/ˈtɹæk/ · [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷæk]
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.
22 senses
- 1A mark left by something that has passed along.
- 2A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- 3The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- 4A road or other similar beaten path.
- 5Physical course; way.
- 6A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- 7The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- 8The way or rails along which a train moves.
- 9A tract or area, such as of land.
- 10The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- 11Awareness of something, especially when arising from…
- 12The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- 13Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- 14The pitch.
- 15Sound stored on a record.
- 16The physical track on a record.
- 17A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a…
- 18A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of…
- 19The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- 20A themed set of talks within a conference.
- 21Clipping of trackshoe.
- 22A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks…
A mark left by something that has passed along.
- Follow the track of the ship.
- Can you see any tracks in the snow?
A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- The fox tracks were still visible in the snow.
The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
A road or other similar beaten path.
- Follow the track for a hundred metres.
Physical course; way.
- Astronomers predicted the track of the comet.
A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The athletes ran round the track.
- The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:
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.2009, Kenneth H. Talan, Help Your Child Or Teen Get Back on Track, →ISBN:
- 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.2010, Randall Lee, Memoirs to My Women, →ISBN, page 242:
- They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.
A tract or area, such as of land.
Slang 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.2012, Pimpin' Ken, PIMPOLOGY: The 48 Laws of the Game, page 11:
- After putting Tonya Down on the track, we headed to this club called the Players Club.2012, Paul D. Jones, Twilight Nights: The Trials and Tribulations of the Game, page 130:
Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- You will need to keep track of meetings with your lawyer and court deadlines.2006, James J. Gross, Michael F. Callahan, Money and Divorce: The First 90 Days and After, →ISBN, page 24:
- 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.2012, Steven Gurgevich, Joy Gurgevich, The Self-Hypnosis Diet, →ISBN:
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The pitch.
Sound stored on a record.
The physical track on a record.
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music 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".
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- I'm going to try out for track next week.
- The University of Virginia belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference and competes interscholastically in basketball, baseball, crew, cross country, fencing, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, polo, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling.1973, University of Virginia Undergraduate Record:
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.1992 February 2, Carrie Wofford, “Fifth National Black Gay Conference”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 1:
Fashion, Lifestyle Abbreviation, Clipping, Colloquial Clipping of trackshoe.
Education Philippines A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- Derived terms
166 terms
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, double-track, doubletrack, down the track, dreaming track, dreamtime track, exercise track, eyetracks, flaptrack, flat-track bully, four-track, ghost track, groundtrack, half-track, half-tracker, hallway track, inside track, intertrack, keep track, laughter track, laugh track, long track, microtrack, mid-track, midtrack, minitrack, mistrack, multitrack, mummy track, nanotrack, off the beaten track, off the track, off-track, one-track, one-track mind, on the right track, on the wallaby track, on the wrong track, on track, overtrack, peritrack, Polytrack, rail-track, retrack, sea track, sheeptrack, ship tracks, short track, short-track, short-track speed skating, singletrack, single track, ski track, soundtrack, stormtrack, subtrack, take the back track, tan track, tenure track, tenuretrack, tenure-track, time track, time-track, trackability, trackable, trackage, track and bowl system, track and field, track and trace, trackback, trackball, trackbar, trackbarrow, trackbed, track bed, track bike, track-boat, track brake, track buffer, track circuit, track-circuited, track-circuiting, track cycling, track cyclist, trackee, track event, track gauge, trackhoe, trackhound, tracklayer, tracklaying, trackless, tracklet, tracklifting, track light, track lighting, tracklike, trackline, tracklist, tracklisting, tracklog, track magnet, trackmaker, trackman, track mark, track marks, trackmaster, track meet, trackmo, track-mounted, trackpad, track pan, track panel, track pants, trackperson, track pizza, track plan, trackplan, trackpoint, track record, track-release, track-road, track shoe, trackside, track-side, tracksite, track spike, track stand, track star, track stick, tracksuit, track-to-track seek time, trackwalker, trackwalking, trackway, trackwheel, trackwidth, track width, trackwoman, trackwork, track worker, trackworker, twin-track, undertrack, untrack, voicetrack, warning track, wild track, Z-track- Hyponyms
26 terms
album track, beaten track, bush track, cycle track, double track, fast track, hag track, Hayashi track, Henyey track, hidden track, lose track, mommy track, panhandle track, racetrack, railroad track, railway track, reserved track, running track, side track, sidetrack, slab track, team track, test track, title track, train track, tram track