track down

/træk daʊn/

/træk daʊn/

Other forms: tracked down; tracking down; tracks down

Definitions of track down

1. verb

   pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
   synonyms: hunt, hunt down, run

   hunt

   search (an area) for prey

   run

   cause an animal to move fast

   types:

   snipe

   hunt or shoot snipe

   whale

   hunt for whales

   ambush, still-hunt

   hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

   turtle

   hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

   drive

   (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground

   drive

   (hunting) search for game

   rabbit

   hunt rabbits

   fowl

   hunt fowl in the forest

   poach

   hunt illegally

   seal

   hunt seals

   ferret

   hunt with ferrets

   course

   hunt with hounds

   foxhunt

   hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs

   jack, jacklight

   hunt with a jacklight

   hawk

   hunt with hawks

   falcon

   hunt with falcons

   fowl

   hunt fowl

   forage, scrounge

   collect or look around for (food)

   grouse

   hunt grouse

   rustle

   forage food

   type of:

   capture, catch

   capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping