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