the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track;
a course over which races are run;
any road or path affording passage especially a rough one;
a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll;
a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels;
a groove on a phonograph recording;
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data;
an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground;
evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator";
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";
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";
make tracks upon;
travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";
go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit";
carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house";
observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile";
