Definition: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
Similar words: track and field
Definition: participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it
Synonyms: racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track
Definition: a course over which races are run
Similar words: course
Definition: facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport
Usage: the course had only nine holes; the course was less than a mile
Synonyms: track, cart track, cartroad
Definition: any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
Synonyms: runway, track, rail, rails
Definition: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
Similar words: bar
Definition: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
Usage: there were bars in the windows to prevent escape
Synonyms: track
Definition: a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
Synonyms: track
Definition: a groove on a phonograph recording
Similar words: channel, groove
Definition: 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)
Synonyms: track, data track
Definition: (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
Synonyms: track, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread
Definition: an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
Similar words: belt
Definition: endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
Definition: evidence pointing to a possible solution
Usage: the police are following a promising lead; the trail led straight to the perpetrator
Similar words: grounds, evidence
Definition: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
Usage: the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
Definition: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
Usage: he played the first cut on the cd; the title track of the album
Similar words: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
Definition: a passage selected from a larger work
Usage: he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Definition: a line or route along which something travels or moves
Usage: the hurricane demolished houses in its path; the track of an animal; the course of the river
Similar words: line
Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Synonyms: track
Definition: make tracks upon
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: pass over, track, traverse, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over
Definition: travel across or pass over
Usage: The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
Similar words: go across, go through, pass
Definition: go across or through
Usage: We passed the point where the police car had parked; A terrible thought went through his mind
Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, tag, tail, track, trail, go after, give chase
Definition: go after with the intent to catch
Usage: The policeman chased the mugger down the alley; the dog chased the rabbit
Definition: follow in or as if in pursuit
Usage: The police car pursued the suspected attacker; Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
Synonyms: track
Definition: carry on the feet and deposit
Usage: track mud into the house
Similar words: bring in, introduce
Definition: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
Usage: He brought in a new judge; The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor
Synonyms: track
Definition: observe or plot the moving path of something
Usage: track a missile
Similar words: observe
Definition: watch attentively
Usage: Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals