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Defenition of the word trace

    • Defenition of the word trace

      • To follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.
      • To copy onto a sheet of transparent paper.
      • pursue or chase relentlessly
      • a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
      • either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
      • make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "draw the outlines of a figure in the sand"; "trace an animal shape"
      • follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"
      • a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
      • to go back over again, as of a route or steps: we retraced the route we took last summer.
      • a clue that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"
      • something drawn by tracing
      • either of two lines that connect a horse''s harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
      • drawing created by tracing
      • an indication that something has been present; "there wasn''t a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
      • a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
      • read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
      • follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student''s progress"
      • make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
      • 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"
      • 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"; "The women traced the pasture"
      • pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
      • to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
      • discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
      • a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
      • an indication that something has been present
      • a suggestion of some quality
      • a just detectable amount
      • read with difficulty
      • follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
      • make a mark or lines on a surface
      • copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
      • make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
      • to go back over again
      • discover traces of

    Synonyms for the word trace

      • bit
      • copy
      • dash
      • delineate
      • describe
      • discover
      • draw
      • drop
      • evidence
      • find
      • follow
      • ghost
      • hint
      • hound
      • hunt
      • hunt down
      • indication
      • line
      • locate
      • map out
      • mark
      • mark out
      • outline
      • pin down
      • remnant
      • residue
      • retrace
      • shadow
      • sign
      • sketch
      • smattering
      • smidgen
      • suggestion
      • tinge
      • touch
      • tracing
      • track
      • track down
      • trail
      • vestige

    Similar words in the trace

      • trace
      • trace's
      • traceable
      • tracer
      • tracer's
      • tracers
      • tracery
      • tracery's
      • tracey
      • tracey's

    Meronymys for the word trace

      • harness

    Hyponyms for the word trace

      • circumscribe
      • construct
      • ferret
      • footprint
      • inscribe
      • spark
      • write

    Hypernyms for the word trace

      • analyse
      • analyze
      • canvas
      • canvass
      • chase
      • chase after
      • clew
      • clue
      • come back
      • continue
      • copy
      • cue
      • detect
      • discover
      • dog
      • drawing
      • examine
      • find
      • get back
      • give chase
      • go after
      • go back
      • go forward
      • indicant
      • indication
      • line
      • mark
      • notice
      • observe
      • print
      • proceed
      • proffer
      • proposition
      • re-create
      • read
      • return
      • small indefinite amount
      • small indefinite quantity
      • study
      • suggestion
      • tag
      • tail
      • track
      • trail

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