TRACK
What does "TRACK" mean?
A marked path or course, a mark left by something moving, or a recorded song.
Meanings
- A rough path, course, or set of rails laid for travel. The train rattled along the track all night.
- A mark or series of marks left by a person, animal, or vehicle. Fresh deer tracks crossed the snow.
- A single recorded song or piece on an album. The third track is the best on the record.
- To follow the movements or progress of someone or something. The app tracks your steps throughout the day.
Did you know?
- Calling a song a 'track' is a fossil of tape recording: instruments were captured on separate parallel strips, or tracks, running down the magnetic tape.
Word origin
From Old French 'trac', 'track of horses', perhaps from a Germanic source related to Middle Dutch 'trecken', 'to draw or pull'.
Remember it
TRACK = T + RACK: a RACK of rails laid in a T-line - and the tracks you follow are marks racked up one after another.
A little poem
Two iron lines run straight into the haze;
you cannot ride them back to other days.
couplet
Wordplay
- The DJ became a private investigator. He's great at the job - he knows how to keep track of every record.
What it teaches
Every path you take is also a path you leave; keep track of where you've been, not only where you're going.
Quick facts
What does TRACK mean?
A marked path or course, a mark left by something moving, or a recorded song.
Is TRACK a valid word?
Yes — TRACK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRACK?
TRACK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRACK come from?
From Old French 'trac', 'track of horses', perhaps from a Germanic source related to Middle Dutch 'trecken', 'to draw or pull'.
What can TRACK teach us?
Every path you take is also a path you leave; keep track of where you've been, not only where you're going.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.