metal vs track

metal

noun
  • The rails of a railway. 

  • A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. 

  • Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects. 

  • The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators. 

  • Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. 

  • Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. 

  • A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold). 

  • Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy. 

  • The ore from which a metal is derived. 

  • An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium. 

  • The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war. 

verb
  • To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc. 

adj
  • Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc. 

  • Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. 

track

noun
  • The way or rails along which a train moves. 

  • A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. 

  • The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree. 

  • Physical course; way. 

  • The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. 

  • The pitch. 

  • A road or other similar beaten path. 

  • The direction and progress of someone or something; path. 

  • Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring. 

  • A tract or area, such as of land. 

  • A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence. 

  • The street, as a prostitute's place of work. 

  • A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors. 

  • A themed set of talks within a conference. 

  • A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal. 

  • Sound stored on a record. 

  • The physical track on a record. 

  • A mark left by something that has passed along. 

  • The racing events of track and field; track and field in general. 

verb
  • To create music using tracker software. 

  • To make sense; to be consistent with known information 

  • To monitor the movement of a person or object. 

  • To traverse; to move across. 

  • To create a musical recording (a track). 

  • To exhibit good cognitive function. 

  • To discover the location of a person or object by following traces. 

  • To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks. 

  • To tow. 

  • To match the movement or change of a person or object. 

  • To travel so that a moving object remains in shot. 

  • To follow the tracks of. 

  • To move. 

  • To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time. 

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