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