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tracked, tracked, tract, trekked
tracked (TRAKT) (adjective)
A reference to vehicles that travel on a railroad using air suspension instead of traditional rails: "The latest tracked vehicles go from the hotel downtown out to the airport."
tracked (TRAKT) (verb)
1. To have searched for something until it was found: "The dogs tracked the missing child through the tall grass."
2. To have brought mud or other mess into a clean space: "After the storm, they all tracked mud into the back porch."
2. To have brought mud or other mess into a clean space: "After the storm, they all tracked mud into the back porch."
tract (TRAKT) (noun)
1. A defined area of land which may be either large or small: "They bought a tract of land that included a fine stand of timber."
2. A printed flyer or pamphlet of a religious or political nature: "We received the tract from the local church in our mailbox this afternoon."
2. A printed flyer or pamphlet of a religious or political nature: "We received the tract from the local church in our mailbox this afternoon."
trekked (TREKT) (verb)
To have migrated or to have made one's way towards something with great difficulty: "The miners trekked over snow covered mountains to get to the gold fields in North America."
We trekked across the large tract of grassy land during a rain storm and, when we got back to our cabin, we tracked mud all over the floor.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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tract
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tra-, tract-, trac-, -tractive, -traction, -tracting, treat-, trai-
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(Greek > Latin > Old French: passageway, used primarily as "a pore, a small orifice"; opening; cavity, tract)
(Latin: drag, draw together; a drawing out or pulling)
(Latin: originally, "sheath, scabbard, the husk of grain"; in medical science, the vagina or lowest part of the female genital tract, the canal that leads from the vulva to the uterus)
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“tract”
apparatus respiratorius, respiratory apparatus, system respiratorium, respiratory system, respiratory tract
An interconnected series of air passages, cavernous organs, and cells that permit the introduction of oxygen, the exchange of gases, and the removal of carbon dioxide from the body as well as, in humans, the production of seech.
The anatomical components involved include the external nose and nasal cavity, the oral cavity and pharynx, paranasal sinuses, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, and thoracic cavity; as well as, the muscles related to their activities or functions.
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par-, para-
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