To discover or obtain by searching. transitive. Also with indirect object indicating the person for whom something is sought.

transitive. To follow up the track or footsteps of; to trace the course or movements of; to pursue by or as by the track left; with down, out, up…

transitive. To unearth or track (something) down; to discover suddenly. Obsolete.

transitive. To search for; to find by searching. Obsolete.

transitive. To discover by searching or inquiry; = to find out 1 at phrasal verbs.

To follow the footprints or traces of; esp. to track by the footprints; also with the traces as object; hence, to pursue, to dog.