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Quick definitions from WordNet (trace)
▸ noun: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
▸ noun: an indication that something has been present ("There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim")
▸ noun: a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
▸ noun: a just detectable amount ("He speaks French with a trace of an accent")
▸ noun: drawing created by tracing
▸ noun: a suggestion of some quality
▸ verb: discover traces of ("She traced the circumstances of her birth")
▸ verb: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something ("Trace the student's progress")
▸ verb: make a mark or lines on a surface ("Trace the outline of a figure in the sand")
▸ verb: copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of ("Trace a design")
▸ 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 drak forest")
▸ verb: to go back over again ("We retraced the route we took last summer")
▸ verb: read with difficulty ("The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs")
▸ verb: pursue or chase relentlessly ("The hunters traced the deer into the woods")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #25962)
▸ Also see tracing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to trace
▸ Usage examples for trace
▸ Popular adjectives describing trace
▸ Words that often appear near trace
▸ Rhymes of trace
▸ Invented words related to trace
▸ noun: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
▸ noun: an indication that something has been present ("There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim")
▸ noun: a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
▸ noun: a just detectable amount ("He speaks French with a trace of an accent")
▸ noun: drawing created by tracing
▸ noun: a suggestion of some quality
▸ verb: discover traces of ("She traced the circumstances of her birth")
▸ verb: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something ("Trace the student's progress")
▸ verb: make a mark or lines on a surface ("Trace the outline of a figure in the sand")
▸ verb: copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of ("Trace a design")
▸ 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 drak forest")
▸ verb: to go back over again ("We retraced the route we took last summer")
▸ verb: read with difficulty ("The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs")
▸ verb: pursue or chase relentlessly ("The hunters traced the deer into the woods")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #25962)
▸ Also see tracing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to trace
▸ Usage examples for trace
▸ Popular adjectives describing trace
▸ Words that often appear near trace
▸ Rhymes of trace
▸ Invented words related to trace