| NOUN | object | track, path, course | a line or route along which something travels or moves |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | track, lead, trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution | |
| artifact | track | a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels | |
| artifact | track, racetrack, racecourse, raceway | a course over which races are run | |
| communication | track, cut | a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc | |
| artifact | track, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread | an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground | |
| artifact | track, data track | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data | |
| artifact | track | a groove on a phonograph recording | |
| artifact | track, rail, rails, runway | a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | |
| artifact | track, cart track, cartroad | any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | |
| act | track, running | the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track | |
| VERB | motion | track | carry on the feet and deposit |
| perception | track | observe or plot the moving path of something | |
| motion | track, chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after | go after with the intent to catch | |
| motion | track, traverse, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across | travel across or pass over | |
| creation | track | make tracks upon |
| Sounds | trae'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | A line or route along which something travels or moves. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the track of an animal" | |
| Synonyms | path, course | |
| Narrower | collision course | A course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged |
| inside track | The inner side of a curved racecourse | |
| round | The course along which communications spread | |
| steps | The course along which a person has walked or is walking in | |
| swath, belt | A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) | |
| trail | A track or mark left by something that has passed | |
| Broader | line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
| Spanish | camino, curso, dirección, trayectoria | |
| Catalan | camí, curs, direcció, trajectòria | |
| Verbs | track | travel across or pass over |
| track | carry on the feet and deposit | |
| track | observe or plot the moving path of something | |
| Meaning | evidence pointing to a possible solution. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | lead, trail | |
| Broader | evidence, grounds | Your basis for belief or disbelief |
| Spanish | pista, rastro | |
| Catalan | pista, rastre | |
| Verbs | track | go after with the intent to catch |
| Meaning | A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | railroad track, railroad, railway | A line of track providing a runway for wheels |
| tramline, tramway, streetcar track | The track on which trams or streetcars run | |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
| Spanish | rieles, vía | |
| Catalan | via | |
| Meaning | A course over which races are run. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | racetrack, racecourse, raceway | |
| Parts | inside track | The inner side of a curved racecourse |
| stretch | A straightaway section of a racetrack | |
| Narrower | cinder track | A racetrack paved with fine cinders |
| dirt track | A racetrack that is not paved | |
| racing circuit, circuit | A racetrack for automobile races | |
| speedway | A racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles | |
| velodrome | A banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing | |
| Broader | course | facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport |
| Spanish | circuito, hipódromo, pista | |
| Catalan | circuit, hipòdrom, pista | |
| Meaning | A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the title track of the album" | |
| Synonym | cut | |
| Broader | excerpt, excerption, extract, selection | A passage selected from a larger / larger work |
| Spanish | pista | |
| Catalan | pista | |
| Meaning | An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | caterpillar track, caterpillar tread | |
| Part of | tracked vehicle | A self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks |
| Narrower | half track | A track that goes around only rear wheels |
| Broader | belt | endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys |
| Spanish | cadena de oruga | |
| Catalan | eruga | |
| Meaning | (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | data track | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Broader | path, route, itinerary | An established line of travel or access |
| Spanish | pista | |
| Meaning | A groove on a phonograph recording. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | groove, channel | A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) |
| Spanish | surco | |
| Meaning | A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | rail, rails, runway | |
| Part of | railroad track, railroad, railway | A line of track providing a runway for wheels |
| tramline, tramway, streetcar track | The track on which trams or streetcars run | |
| Narrower | third rail | A rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive |
| Broader | bar | A rigid piece of metal or wood |
| Spanish | carrilera, carril | |
| Catalan | carril, rail, rails | |
| Meaning | Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | cart track, cartroad | |
| Narrower | portage | Overland track between navigable waterways |
| trail | A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country | |
| Broader | road, route | An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation / transportation |
| Spanish | camino de carro, camino, cartroad, pista, senda | |
| Catalan | camí, sender | |
| Meaning | The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | running | |
| Part of | track meet | A track and field competition between two or more teams |
| Broader | track and field | participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it |
| Spanish | carrera a pie, carrera | |
| Meaning | carry on the feet and deposit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "track mud into the house" | |
| Broader | bring in, introduce | bring in a new person or object into a familiar / familiar environment |
| Nouns | track | a line or route along which something travels or moves |
| Meaning | observe or plot the moving path of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "track a missile" | |
| Broader | observe | watch / watch attentively |
| Spanish | rastrear, seguirle la pista | |
| Catalan | rastrejar | |
| Nouns | track | a line or route along which something travels or moves |
| Meaning | go after with the intent to catch. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The men track the area for animals | |
| Synonyms | chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after | |
| Narrower | hound, hunt, trace | pursue or chase relentlessly |
| quest | search the trail of (game) | |
| run down | pursue until captured | |
| tree | chase an animal up a tree | |
| Broader | pursue, follow | Follow in or as if in pursuit |
| Spanish | perseguir, rastrear, seguir | |
| Catalan | empaitar, perseguir, rastrejar, seguir la pista, seguir | |
| Nouns | track | evidence pointing to a possible solution |
| tracker | someone who tracks down game | |
| tracking | the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind | |
| Meaning | Travel across or pass over. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | traverse, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across | |
| Narrower | bridge | cross over on a bridge |
| course | Move swiftly through or over | |
| crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random | |
| drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle | |
| ford | cross a river where it's shallow | |
| hop | Traverse as if by a short airplane trip | |
| jaywalk | cross the road at a red light | |
| stride | Cover or traverse by taking long steps | |
| tramp | cross on foot | |
| walk | traverse or cover by walking | |
| Broader | pass | go across or through |
| Spanish | atravesar, cruzar | |
| Catalan | creuar, travessar | |
| Nouns | track | a line or route along which something travels or moves |
| Meaning | make tracks upon. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | seguir | |
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