Main Entry:

²track

Function:

verb

Date:

1565

transitive verb

1 a: to follow the tracks or traces of : trail b: to search for by following evidence until found <track down the source>2 a: to follow by vestiges : trace b: to observe or plot the moving path of (as a spacecraft or missile) often instrumentally3: to travel over : traverse <track a desert>4 a: to make tracks upon b: to carry (as mud) on the feet and deposit5: to keep track of (as a trend) : followintransitive verb1: travel <a comet tracking eastward>2 aof a phonograph needle : to follow the groove undulations of a recording bof a pair of wheels (1): to maintain a constant distance apart on the straightaway (2): to fit a track or rails cof a rear wheel of a vehicle : to follow accurately the corresponding fore wheel on a straightaway3: to leave tracks (as on a floor)

— track·er noun