track

n

1. line, railroad track, railway; way, road, roadway, course, strip; path, beaten path, trail, pathway; footpath, footway, walk, sidewalk, bridle path, bicycle path, towpath; byway, crosscut, short cut, by-path; centerstrip, median, mall, island; passage, passageway, alley, aisle, lane.

2. rut, wheel rut, groove, well-worn groove, jog trot; furrow, channel, cutting, cut; gutter, ditch, trench, fosse.

3. line, route, course, tack, way; trajectory, traject, flight path, ambit, orbit; beat, round, walk, itinerary, tour; sea lane, trade route, artery, air lane; loop, lap, turn.

4. tracks

footprints, footmarks. See trace(def. 3).

5. wake, path, tail, trailer, train. See trace(def. 4).

6. keep track of

follow, keep informed of, keep up on, watch, monitor, oversee, keep a record of.

7. off the track

astray, adrift, wide of the mark, on the wrong scent, off, afield; wandering, away from the path, lost, at sea; on a tangent, digressing.

v

8. follow, trail, tail, shadow, pursue. See trace(def.

7.).

9. traverse, go through, pass through, go across, range; range over, travel over, cover, peregrinate; sweep, scout, patrol, reconnoiter.

10. track down

hunt down, Inf. run down, run to earth, look after; nose out, ferret out, mouse, fish out, scour out; worm out, smell out, sniff out.