simple past tense and past participle of track
"She tracked every step of our journey in her journal to remember where we stopped for lunch."
In plain English: To track something means to follow its path or movement closely.
"The hikers followed a path that had been carefully tracked through the snow."
Mounted on tracks.
"The bulldozer moved slowly through the mud, its heavy weight supported by metal treads instead of wheels."
In plain English: Tracked means something is being followed or monitored closely, often by someone watching its movements.
"The new software update is fully tracked on our servers."
Derived from Old English træcan meaning to drag, this past tense form originally described pulling something along by dragging it on the ground. It later evolved in modern usage to refer specifically to moving with visible marks left behind or following a path.