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track

træk
WordNet
The railway bridge over the Tjibadak. A train is waiting on the track near the bridge. Part of a group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription "State Railways on Java" from 1888.
The railway bridge over the Tjibadak. A train is waiting on the track near the bridge. Part of a group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription "State Railways on Java" from 1888.
  1. (v) track
    make tracks upon
  2. (v) track
    travel across or pass over "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
  3. (v) track
    go after with the intent to catch "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley","the dog chased the rabbit"
  4. (v) track
    carry on the feet and deposit "track mud into the house"
  5. (v) track
    observe or plot the moving path of something "track a missile"
  6. (n) track
    the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
  7. (n) track
    a course over which races are run
  8. (n) track
    any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
  9. (n) track
    a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
  10. (n) track
    a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
  11. (n) track
    a groove on a phonograph recording
  12. (n) track
    (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
  13. (n) track
    an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
  14. (n) track
    evidence pointing to a possible solution "the police are following a promising lead","the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
  15. (n) 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"
  16. (n) track
    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"
Illustrations
A Wehrmacht soldier has had himself photographed on a railway track near Hook of Holland. (Same soldier as on NG-2007-5-35) The soldier is wearing a helmet, glasses and a rifle. It would be someone guarding the trail, but this is clearly a posed photo.
A Wehrmacht soldier has had himself photographed on a railway track near Hook of Holland. (Same soldier as on NG-2007-5-35) The soldier is wearing a helmet, glasses and a rifle. It would be someone guarding the trail, but this is clearly a posed photo.
A drawing of a line track accompanies the large wheel on which De Ruyter is said to have turned as a boy.
A drawing of a line track accompanies the large wheel on which De Ruyter is said to have turned as a boy.
Train track complex and trains with mountains in the background. Inscription: Auf Fahrt nach Serbien, Steiermark (Emstal). Photo belonging to album 'Kriegserinnerungen'.
Train track complex and trains with mountains in the background. Inscription: Auf Fahrt nach Serbien, Steiermark (Emstal). Photo belonging to album 'Kriegserinnerungen'.
Transport of machine parts for the assembly of the excavator over a track through the open mine. Part of the loose-leaf photo album presented by the personnel of the Boekit-Asam Coal Mines in Sumatra to the retiring Engineer-Director H. Tromp on January 7, 1922.
Transport of machine parts for the assembly of the excavator over a track through the open mine. Part of the loose-leaf photo album presented by the personnel of the Boekit-Asam Coal Mines in Sumatra to the retiring Engineer-Director H. Tromp on January 7, 1922.
Part four (of four); cover with Japanese flag and white star; title on diagonal yellow track; 15 sheets: inside cover and opposite page, depiction of the Japanese bazaar at the 1893 World's Fair; 28 pages with images of art objects shown at the exhibition; penultimate page, colophon; last page, ad.
Part four (of four); cover with Japanese flag and white star; title on diagonal yellow track; 15 sheets: inside cover and opposite page, depiction of the Japanese bazaar at the 1893 World's Fair; 28 pages with images of art objects shown at the exhibition; penultimate page, colophon; last page, ad.
A landscape during a rain shower. In the foreground a path with a cart track. On the right a group of trees. In the middle behind a village with a church between the fields.
A landscape during a rain shower. In the foreground a path with a cart track. On the right a group of trees. In the middle behind a village with a church between the fields.
Several people gathered around a bracket track. A man is talking to another man, putting one hand in his pocket and holding a ball in the other. The man on the bench smokes a pipe. On the left a woman with a child and a dog. In the lower left margin, a coat of arms on a twig with leaves.
Several people gathered around a bracket track. A man is talking to another man, putting one hand in his pocket and holding a ball in the other. The man on the bench smokes a pipe. On the left a woman with a child and a dog. In the lower left margin, a coat of arms on a twig with leaves.
Motorcyclists and cyclists on a racing track. In the background a billboard with the text 'Continental' along the track.
Motorcyclists and cyclists on a racing track. In the background a billboard with the text 'Continental' along the track.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.
  1. Track
    A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. "Far from track of men."
  2. Track
    A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
  3. Track
    A road; a beaten path. "Behold Torquatus the same track pursue."
  4. Track
    A tract or area, as of land. "Small tracks of ground."
  5. Track
    Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
  6. Track
    (Zoöl) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
  7. Track
    (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails.
  8. Track
    (Naut) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
  9. Track
    To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow. "It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Amtrak is the combination of the words "American" and "Track"
  1. track
    To follow a track, or to proceed along a certain definite route.
  2. track
    To tow.
  3. track
    To draw; specifically, to draw or tow (a boat) by a line reaching from the vessel to the bank or shore.
  4. track
    To draw out; protract; delay.
  5. (n) track
    A feature; lineament.
  6. (n) track
    A mark left by something that has passed along: as, the track of a ship (a wake): the track of a wagon (a rut).
  7. (n) track
    A mark or an impression left by the foot, whether of man or beast; a footprint; specifically, in paleontology, an ichnite or ichnolite; a fossil footprint, or cast of an extinct animal's foot. Compare trace, 1, and trail, 2.
  8. (n) track
    A road; a path; a trail.
  9. (n) track
    A course followed; a way of going or proceeding: as, the track of a comet.
  10. (n) track
    The course or path laid out for horse-, foot-, bicycle-, or other races: as, a cinder track; a track of six laps to the mile.
  11. (n) track
    The two continuous lines of rails on which railway-cars run, forming, together with the ties, ballast, switches, etc., an essential part of the permanent way: as, a single track; a double track; to cross the track. See cut under switch.
  12. (n) track
    In anatomy, the course of a vessel, nerve, duct, etc.
  13. (n) track
    In zoology, the sole of the foot.
  14. (n) track
    = Syn. 3–6. Road, Path, etc. (see way), trail, pathway.
  15. track
    To follow up the tracks of; follow by the tracks or traces left by that which is followed; trace; trail.
  16. track
    To ascertain by means of existing traces or remains; trace.
  17. track
    To trace, follow, or mark out plainly.
  18. track
    To make tracks over; traverse: as, to track the desert.
  19. track
    To make marks upon, as with wet or muddy feet.
  20. (n) track
    A tract of land.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
The term karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese, and the karaoke machine was designed originally to provide backing tracks for solo cabaret performers.
  1. (v.t) Track
    trak to follow by marks or footsteps: to tow: to traverse: to make marks upon
  2. (n) Track
    a mark left: footprint: a beaten path: course laid out for horse, foot, or bicycle races: the two continuous lines of rails on which railway carriages run
Quotations
Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
H.G. Wells
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.
H.G. Wells
A person who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints.
Source Unknown
Lord Byron
Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?
Lord Byron
He who never walks except where he sees other men's tracks will make no discoveries.
Source Unknown
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
Lynda Barry
Idioms

Jump the track - Jumping the track is suddenly changing from one plan, activity, idea, etc, to another.

Make tracks - To leave a place to go somewhere. Referring to the tracks one would make in the snow or mud in the course of a journey.

Off the beaten track - Somewhere that's off the beaten track is in a remote location.

Off the track - If something puts or throws you off your track, it distracts you or keeps you from achieving what you want.

On the wallaby track - (AU) In Australian English, if you're on the wallaby track, you are unemployed.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OF. trac, track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek, a drawing, trekken, to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach,. Cf. Trick

Usage in the news

J C's Pride established a Saratoga track record for five furlongs on the main track in the third race July 27, lowering the previous mark by 0.17 seconds with a final time of 56.54 seconds (VIDEO). bloodhorse.com

Passion Pit, ' Gossamer ': Track-By-Track Review. billboard.com

12 O'Clock Track / Music 12 O'Clock Track: Valis's remix of Joie Noire's "Kup Kup". chicagoreader.com

Singer Yoni Wolf breaks the LP down track by track. spin.com

High school track and field athletes shined brightly in bringing home gold at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships at Montjuïc Olympic Stadium. sun-sentinel.com

The International Luge Federation says the track in Koenigssee, Germany, will host two World Cup races this season because the 2006 Olympic track in Italy has been closed. state-journal.com

The Hoxie girls track team competed in the 3A State Track Meet on Thursday at Harding University in Searcy. thetd.com

What should have been reported as a float that crossed the track after the signal was activated was reported as if a Union Pacific train jumped the track and killed those on the float. fredericksburg.com

The track is the latest track from the band's current album, Last of a Dying Breed. 1035thearrow.com

0Olympic track star Lopez Lomong was back in Central New York Friday to try and save the Tully High School indoor track program. stm.com

Behind Sherice Hewett, the Northern Michigan University women's outdoor track and field team placed fourth Friday in the GLIAC Track and Field Championships held at Grand valley State in downstate Allendale. miningjournal.net

Shiny Toy Guns' 'III': Track-By-Track Video. billboard.com

Old Rochester Boys and Girls Track – ORR Track continued their undefeated season with a victory against Fairhaven this week. anderer.com

No Doubt, 'Push and Shove ': Track-By-Track Review. billboard.com

The city will receive 1.5 percent of the track's annual slots revenue for the first $250 million the track earns each year. marconews.com

Usage in scientific papers

If the two tracks do not share their first hit, it is likely that the tracks don’t really cross.
A Search for Gamma-Ray Bursts and Pulsars, and the Application of Kalman Filters to Gamma-Ray Reconstruction

Finally track parameters are fitted to the points belonging to the various tracks using a χ2 technique.
High Magnetic Field Performance of a GEM-TPC

From the discussion above, the L∗ − P and ˙M − L∗ relation of type E and A stars seems to follow different tracks while the ˙M − P relation of all types in the whole sample follow the same track.
On the difference between type E and A OH/IR stars

In a second step, these space points are combined to tracks using a three-dimensional track following algorithm.
Spatial Resolution Studies with a GEM-TPC in High Magnetic Fields

TPC-based tracking designs (LDC, GLD) employ some degree of microstip tracking.
General Thoughts about Tracking for a Linear Collider Detector

Usage in literature

It is a tiny track, evidently not much used. "The Wild Huntress" by Mayne Reid

Ralph feared that its momentum might carry the car from the track. "Ralph on the Engine" by Allen Chapman

Of what use would it be if you only followed over my track? "The Cryptogram" by James De Mille

Lots of tracks, but I ain' see James Dean tracks. "Connie Morgan in the Fur Country" by James B. Hendryx

They were set for clear tracks, as they should be. "Ralph on the Overland Express" by Allen Chapman

The rest of my second Night at Track's End, and part of another: with some Things which happen between. "Track's End" by Hayden Carruth

The country is a mass of ranges; the bush is as thick as a jungle, and there's nothing but a blazed track to go by. "The Tale of Timber Town" by Alfred Grace

He must have taken a fresh track at the Bend, that's all. "In the Musgrave Ranges" by Jim Bushman

Yes, suh, he's prepaihed to show all 'em otheh hawsses which way 'is track runs! "Old Man Curry" by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

If you can get a few rails here, now, I'll give you a track by sundown, Mr. McCloud, in spite of Sinclair and the devil. "Whispering Smith" by Frank H. Spearman

Usage in poetry
I bore the heat,
I blazed the track-
furrowed and bloody
upon my back.
When I beheld a rouseabout
Who lay upon his back
Beside a little house about
A furlong from the track.
"Whither I go I cannot tell
That cloud hangs black,
High as the heaven and deep as hell
Across my track.
Heard a train callin'
Blowin' long ways down the track;
Ain't no train due here,
Baby what can you bring back?
Thou art gone, and the brilliant light that shone
In the track of thy way is fled;
And thou leav'st the heart that loved thee alone,
Silent, and cold, and dead!
We sought Him, and our own love seemed the answer;
We called Him, and the forest smiled us back.
Then we forgot, and only looked for laughter
Along the wild-wood track.