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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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