Track vs. Trail

Tracknoun

A mark left by something that has passed along.

Tracknoun

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

Tracknoun

The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

Tracknoun

A road or other similar beaten path.

Tracknoun

Physical course; way.

Tracknoun

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

Tracknoun

The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

Tracknoun

(railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.

Tracknoun

A tract or area, such as of land.

Tracknoun

Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

Tracknoun

(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)

Tracknoun

(automotive) Short for caterpillar track.

Tracknoun

(cricket) The pitch.

Tracknoun

Sound stored on a record.

Tracknoun

The physical track on a record.

Tracknoun

(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence

Tracknoun

A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.

Tracknoun

The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

Tracknoun

A session talk on a conference.

Trackverb

To continue observing over time.

Trackverb

(transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.

Trackverb

(transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.

Trackverb

(transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.

Trackverb

To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.

Trackverb

To move.

Trackverb

(transitive) To follow the tracks of.

Trackverb

(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object.

Trackverb

(transitive) To leave in the form of tracks.

Trackverb

To create a musical recording (a track).

Trackverb

To create music using tracker software.

Tracknoun

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

Tracknoun

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.

Tracknoun

The entire lower surface of the foot; - said of birds, etc.

Tracknoun

A road; a beaten path.

Tracknoun

Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

Tracknoun

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

Tracknoun

The permanent way; the rails.

Tracknoun

A tract or area, as of land.

Trackverb

To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.

Trackverb

To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

Tracknoun

a line or route along which something travels or moves;

Tracknoun

evidence pointing to a possible solution;

Tracknoun

a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

Tracknoun

a course over which races are run

Tracknoun

a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc;

Tracknoun

an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

Tracknoun

(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data

Tracknoun

a groove on a phonograph recording

Tracknoun

a bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll

Tracknoun

any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

Tracknoun

the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

Trackverb

carry on the feet and deposit;

Trackverb

observe or plot the moving path of something;

Trackverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Trackverb

travel across or pass over;

Trackverb

make tracks upon

Trailverb

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

Trailverb

(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

Trailverb

(transitive) To leave (a trail of).

Trailverb

(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.

Trailverb

(intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

Trailverb

To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

Trailverb

(military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Trailverb

To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.

Trailverb

(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

Trailnoun

The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.

Trailnoun

A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

Trailnoun

A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.

Trailnoun

(graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

Trailverb

To hunt by the track; to track.

Trailverb

To draw or drag, as along the ground.

Trailverb

To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Trailverb

To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.

Trailverb

To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

Trailverb

To be drawn out in length; to follow after.

Trailverb

To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.

Trailnoun

A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.

Trailnoun

A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

Trailnoun

Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.

Trailnoun

A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.

Trailnoun

The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; - applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.

Trailnoun

That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.

Trailnoun

The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.

Trailnoun

a track or mark left by something that has passed;

Trailnoun

a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

Trailnoun

evidence pointing to a possible solution;

Trailverb

to lag or linger behind;

Trailverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Trailverb

move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly;

Trailverb

hang down so as to drag along the ground;

Trailverb

drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground;

Trail

A trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, path or footpath is the preferred term for a walking trail.