track

track

noun

Definition of TRACK

1

a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it <a muddy track across the kitchen floor>

Synonyms imprint, trace, trail

Related Words footmark, footprint, footstep, hoofprint, path, print, pug, rut, step, tread; artifact, evidence, leavings, relic, remain(s), remainder, reminder, remnant, residual, residue, sign, spoor, telltale, token, vestige; clue, cue, hint, indication, inkling, intimation, lead, suggestion; scent, shadow, whiff

2

a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps <there was still a faint track through the underbrush that indicated where the path used to be>

Synonyms footpath, path, pathway, trace, track

Related Words bridle path; towpath; alley, alleyway, bypath, byroad, bystreet, byway, passageway, walkway; cutoff, shortcut; lane, pass, passage, road, roadway, route, row, run, runway, street, thoroughfare

3

the direction along which something or someone moves <I followed the track of the thief's eyes as he watched the woman put the money into her purse and walk away>

Synonyms course, line, pathway, route, routeway [chiefly British], steps, track, way

Related Words circle, circuit, loop, orbit; arc, flight path, trajectory; ascent, descent