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trace
(tr/eI/s )

noun (n)

  • a just detectable amount(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    He speaks French with a trace of an accent.
    Synonym:
    hint, suggestion
    source: wordnet30
  • an indication that something has been present(noun.communication)
    Example:
    There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim.
    Synonym:
    shadow, tincture, vestige
    source: wordnet30
  • a suggestion of some quality(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    ghost, touch
    source: wordnet30
  • a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    tracing
    source: wordnet30
  • either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    Trace the student's progress.
    Synonym:
    follow
    source: wordnet30
  • make a mark or lines on a surface(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Trace the outline of a figure in the sand.
    Synonym:
    delineate, describe, draw, line
    source: wordnet30
  • to go back over again(verb.motion)
    Example:
    We retraced the route we took last summer.
    Trace your path.
    Synonym:
    retrace
    source: wordnet30
  • pursue or chase relentlessly(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The hunters traced the deer into the woods.
    Synonym:
    hound, hunt
    source: wordnet30
  • discover traces of(verb.perception)
    Example:
    She traced the circumstances of her birth.
    source: wordnet30
  • make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The children traced along the edge of the dark forest.
    The women traced the pasture.
    source: wordnet30
  • copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Trace a design.
    Trace a pattern.
    source: wordnet30
  • read with difficulty(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs.
    Synonym:
    decipher
    source: wordnet30
  • To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To walk; to go; to travel.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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