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trace
/treɪs/
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  1. verb
    to go back over again
    "we retraced the route we took last summer" "trace your path"

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    retrace
    type of:
    return
  2. noun
    a suggestion of some quality

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    ghost touch
  3. noun
    a just detectable amount
    "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

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    hint suggestion tint
  4. verb
    make a mark or lines on a surface
    "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

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    delineate describe draw line
    type of:
    mark
  5. verb
    pursue or chase relentlessly
    "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"

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    hound hunt
  6. noun
    an indication that something has been present
    "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"

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    shadow tincture vestige
    type of:
    indicant indication
  7. verb
    follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
    "trace the student's progress" "trace one's ancestry"

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    follow
  8. verb
    read with difficulty
    "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

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    decipher
    type of:
    read
  9. noun
    a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

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    tracing
    type of:
    drawing
  10. noun
    a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
    type of:
    print mark
  11. verb
    copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
    "trace a design" "trace a pattern"
    type of:
    re-create copy
  12. verb
    discover traces of
    "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
  13. noun
    either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
    type of:
    line
    part of:
    harness
  14. verb
    make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
    "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest" "The women traced the pasture"
Examples of trace
  • "we retraced the route we took last summer"
  • "trace your path"
  • "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
  • "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
  • "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"
  • "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"
  • "trace the student's progress"
  • "trace one's ancestry"
  • "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
  • "trace a design"
  • "trace a pattern"
  • "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
  • "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"
  • "The women traced the pasture"
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