frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

Sty Head Pass. Are you sure you're on the right track? 3 spoor,
trail, footprint(s), print(s), trace(s), footmark(s), scent,
slot, wake: The last time I saw him he was following the track
of a yeti. 4 keep track of. trace, track, keep an eye on,
follow, pursue, monitor, supervise, oversee, keep up with or on,
watch, keep a record of or on, record: Using an electronic tag,
we were able to keep track of the animal's movements. 5 lose
track of. lose, misplace, mislay, lose sight of, forget: She
lost track of some important papers. I lost track of what I was
saying.
--v. 6 follow, dog, pursue, trace, stalk, shadow, trail, hunt
down, chase, Colloq tail: She was tracked to Istanbul, where
they lost her. 7 See 4, above. 8 track down. find, seek out,
ferret out, hunt down, trace, catch, apprehend, capture, smell
or sniff out, run to earth or ground, Colloq run down: We
finally tracked him down at his mother's house in Putney.
trackless adj. empty, pathless, untrodden, unexplored, uncharted, virgin,
untrod: We found ourselves in the trackless wilderness of
central Australia.
tract° n. region, area, stretch, territory, expanse, zone, portion,
section, sector, quarter, district, patch, plot, parcel, US lot:
The developers own a tract of land where they plan to build a
shopping mall.
tractý n. treatise, monograph, essay, article, paper, dissertation,
disquisition, homily, sermon, critique; pamphlet, booklet,
brochure, leaflet: Daphne was distributing tracts to passers-by
in front of the church.
tractable adj. 1 docile, amenable, tame, manageable, biddable,
persuadable or persuasible, compliant, easygoing, willing,
submissive, obedient, governable, yielding: It was a pleasure
to teach a student who was so tractable. 2 manageable,
handleable, workable, adaptable, malleable, pliable, plastic,
ductile, fictile: The new materials are quite tractable and can
be drawn or moulded with ease.
traction n. grip, gripping power, drag, purchase, friction, adhesion:
Unable to get any traction on the ice, the car skidded off the
road.