🚂 A path or mark 📡 To follow movement 🕵️ A clue 🏃 Running sport 🎵 A song 💾 A data path 👣 To leave marks

to track

45 2.5

To bring dirt or mud into a place by walking

verb
/træk/

: ensuciar

Residue and microbial contaminants can also be tracked by occupants' feet to other parts of the building.

Examples

I went and tracked him right back to where they live.

Alien Private Eye (1989)
After hours of driving, he and his father had tracked the tribal herd to a grassy plateau.

Fiction book (1996)
You know, you getting so you smell so bad I can track you myself.

Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Then you just say, take this point clip, track the face in this the same way.
Where'd you learn to track a man?

Tracker (2010)
Trying to look tough and unworried as we track across the street toward them.

Fiction book (1996)
His pants were covered with clay, and he tracked clay across the floor.

Fiction book (1999)
Mud tracked all over your floor by uninvited guests?

The Lorax (2012)
Mama and I stepped around them, squeezed past them, and tracked brown fern dust all over the house.

Fiction book (1992)
The hikers left a trail of mud as they tracked through the wet forest.

Synonyms

to trace

vsto track

39 2.8

To draw lines along the outside of a shape

creates marks by moving across a surface and may leave deposits

to trailblaze

vsto track

6.9

Make a new path through wild land by clearing plants and marking the route

makes marks by moving across a surface and may deposit material

Antonyms

to clean

∞ 1.0

To remove dirt and stains

to erase

144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

Idioms

on track

171 3.4

Moving forward as planned to reach a goal

on the right track

57 3.7

You are making good progress toward the right result

off the beaten track

3 6.5

In a place far from where most people go

down the track

2 5.1

At a later time

Phrasal Verbs

to track down

212 3.3

To search for someone or something until you find them

to keep track

174 2.7

To watch and write down progress or details

to lose track

85 3.7

To not know where something is or what is happening

to get back on track

62 3.4

Start working normally again after a problem or distraction

to track down

9 4.6

To follow wild animals until you catch or kill them

to stay on track

9 3.2

To focus on a goal without getting distracted

to track progress

1 3.4

To watch how something changes or gets better over time

to track expenses

1 2.7

To record how much money you spend to control your budget

to track fitness goal

3.2

To record and check your progress in exercise and health

Compounds

track record

93 3.7

A history of past success that shows ability and reliability

railroad track

32 2.5

Two metal rails on the ground that trains run on

off-track

25 4.0

Not following the planned path or topic

track and field

20 1.9

Sports like running, jumping, and throwing on a track or field

fast track

19 3.9

A quick route to success or promotion

track star

8 2.9

An athlete who is very good at running races on a track

track meet

6 3.4

A competition where athletes run, jump, and throw for teams or schools

one-track mind

Informal

5 6.2

A way of thinking that focuses on one thing and ignores others

dirt track

4 3.7

A racing track for cars or motorcycles with a surface of packed earth rather than pavement

laugh track

4 3.9

A recorded audience reaction added to a TV or radio show to make jokes seem funnier

inside track

3 5.2

A special advantage that gives someone a better chance to succeed

track record

2 4.1

Fastest time ever recorded at a race track for a distance

streetcar track

1 3.3

Rails in a city that trams run on

half-track

Specialized

1 8.3

A military vehicle with front wheels and back tracks for rough ground

off-track

1 5.1

A train or carriage that has moved off the rails

cart track

1 4.8

A rough path made by cart wheels

track event

1 2.6

A race run on a marked running track, like 100 meters

upbeat track

1 3.2

A lively, cheerful piece of music with a fast beat that makes people want to dance

cart-track plant

9.5

A common European plant that grows as a weed in fields and paths

caterpillar track

Specialized

5.4

A continuous metal or rubber belt around a vehicle's wheels that helps it move over rough ground

cinder track

Archaic

7.9

A running track with a surface of fine cinders

data track

Specialized

5.0

A circular path on a disk that holds information for reading and writing

funk track

5.1

A danceable song with a strong beat and deep bass

moshable track

Slang

8.7

A loud fast song at a concert that makes people jump and push each other

half track

Specialized

7.7

A vehicle with tracks at the back and wheels at the front that moves over rough ground

half-track

Specialized

8.8

Having front wheels and back tracks like a military vehicle

inside track

5.0

The inner side of a curved racecourse that is the shortest way

track event

Specialized

5.1

A saved record of a user action or system event for measurement

track-to-track seek time

Specialized

7.5

Time a disk read/write head takes to move to the next data track

spur track

Specialized

7.4

A short rail line that turns off a main line to reach a factory or warehouse

How Much

to soil

59 4.5

stain

224 1.4

scuff

8 2.6

to track

45 2.5

to mark

192 1.0

trace

492 3.3

Surface Forms

track infinitive

tracked past

tracked past participle

tracking present participle

tracks third person singular

Etymology

The verb track also keeps the old sense of leaving a 'trail'—if you track mud into the house, you leave marks on the floor. That is why to track something can mean to make marks or carry and drop dirt by walking.