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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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Global Positioning System (GPS): Pygmy elephants tracked by GPS
Using satellite tracking (GPS) of five pygmy elephants in Borneo with the objective that these and their fellow species can survive man's expansion into their natural habitat.
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Global Positioning System (GPS): Index of Articles
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