From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Track \Track\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tracked; p. pr. & vb. n.
tracking.]
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.
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It was often found impossible to track the robbers to
their retreats among the hills and morasses.
--Macaulay.
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2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a
line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to
tow.
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