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Pronunciation: /trak/
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Definition of track

verb

[with object and adverbial of direction]
  • tow (a canoe) along a waterway from the bank: he was going to track the canoe up the ice-hung rapids

Origin:

early 18th century: apparently from Dutch trekken 'to draw, pull, or travel'. The change in the vowel was due to association with track1

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