track (tr k)n. 1. a. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed. b. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks: an old wagon track through the mountains. 2. A path along which something moves; a course: following the track of an airplane on radar. 3. a. A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle. b. An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track. 4. A succession of ideas; a train of thought. 5. Awareness of something occurring or passing: keeping track of the score; lost all track of time. 6. Sports a. A course laid out for running or racing. b. Athletic competition on such a course; track events. c. Track and field. 7. A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run. 8. tracks The boundary, formerly often delineated by train tracks, that separates two neighborhoods of different social class: grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. 9. Either of the continuous metal belts with which vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks move over the ground. 10. A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus. 11. Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs: academic, vocational, and general tracks. 12. a. A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded. b. A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album. c. One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track. 13. Computer Science One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk. 14. tracks Slang Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use. v. tracked, track·ing, tracks v.tr. 1. To follow the tracks of; trail: tracking game through the forest. 2. To move over or along; traverse. 3. To carry on the shoes and deposit: tracked mud on the rug. 4. To observe or monitor the course of (aircraft, for example), as by radar. 5. To observe the progress of; follow: tracking the company's performance daily. 6. To equip with a track. 7. To assign (a student) to a curricular track. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: 1. To move along a track. 2. To follow a course; travel. 3. To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels. 4. To be in alignment. 5. a. To follow the undulations in the groove of a phonograph record. Used of a needle. b. To move across magnetic heads. Used of magnetic tape. track down Idiom: To pursue until found or captured: "When, like a running grave, time tracks you down" (Dylan Thomas). in (one's) tracks Exactly where one is standing: stopped him right in his tracks. [Middle English trak, from Old French trac, perhaps of Germanic origin.] track  a·ble adj.track er n. |
track down
vb
(tr, adverb) to find by tracking or pursuing
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. |  track down - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"snipe - hunt or shoot snipe whale - hunt for whales still-hunt, ambush - hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing turtle - hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation drive - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game" drive - hunting: search for game; "drive the forest" rabbit - hunt rabbits fowl - hunt fowl in the forest poach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory" seal - hunt seals ferret - hunt with ferrets hunt - search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests" course - hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares" foxhunt - hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs hawk - hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert" falcon - hunt with falcons; "The tribes like to falcon in the desert" fowl - hunt fowl capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" run - cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs" |
Translations
? track down
vt sep → aufspüren (→ to in +dat); thing → aufstöbern, auftreiben (inf), → finden; reference, source of infection → ausfindig machen
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