track

Forms

1.A mark left by something that has passed along.
- Can you see any tracks in the snow?
- Follow the track of the ship.
2.A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- The fox tracks were still visible in the snow.
3.The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
4.A road or other similar beaten path.
- Follow the track for a hundred metres.

1.To continue over time.
- The hurricane tracked further west than expected.
- Is the patient tracking? Does he know where he is?
- Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid.
2.To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night.
- "She could be at any hospital...she could be ill. It's not clear whether she has fled," he told reporters. "Yingluck has many homes and many cars. It is difficult to track her."
3.To follow the tracks of.
- My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud.
4.To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.

Common· #1224

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin.