pad vs track

pad

verb
  • To travel along (a road, path etc.). 

  • To imbue uniformly with a mordant. 

  • To furnish with a pad or padding. 

  • To wear a path by walking. 

  • To stuff. 

  • To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat. 

  • To travel on foot. 

  • To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler. 

  • To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes. 

noun
  • An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end: "trip cord" 

  • The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw. 

  • A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc. 

  • Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers. 

  • A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch. 

  • A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext. 

  • A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. 

  • A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant. 

  • A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball. 

  • A soft, or small, cushion. 

  • The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music. 

  • A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched. 

  • A prison cell. 

  • A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods. 

  • An easy-paced horse; a padnag. 

  • A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals. 

  • A toad. 

  • A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. 

  • A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on. 

  • A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc. 

  • A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds. 

  • A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. 

  • A bed. 

  • A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising. 

  • The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc. 

  • The amount by which a signal has been reduced. 

  • A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. 

intj
  • Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps. 

track

verb
  • To traverse; to move across. 

  • 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 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

  • The way or rails along which a train moves. 

  • 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. 

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