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trace
verb(trace)
to go back over again
Synonyms: retrace,
Examples:
We retraced the route we took last summer.
Trace your path.
trace
noun(trace)
a suggestion of some quality
Synonyms: ghost, touch,
trace
noun(trace)
a just detectable amount
Synonyms: hint, suggestion, tint,
Examples:
He speaks French with a trace of an accent.
trace
verb(trace)
make a mark or lines on a surface
Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, line,
Examples:
Trace the outline of a figure in the sand.
trace
verb(trace)
pursue or chase relentlessly
Synonyms: hound, hunt,
Examples:
The hunters traced the deer into the woods.
trace
noun(trace)
an indication that something has been present
Synonyms: shadow, tincture, vestige,
Examples:
There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim.
trace
verb(trace)
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
Synonyms: follow,
Examples:
Trace the student's progress.
Trace one's ancestry.
trace
verb(trace)
read with difficulty
Synonyms: decipher,
Examples:
The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs.
trace
noun(trace)
a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
Synonyms: tracing,
trace
noun(trace)
a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
trace
verb(trace)
copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
Examples:
Trace a design.
Trace a pattern.
trace
verb(trace)
discover traces of
Examples:
She traced the circumstances of her birth.
trace
noun(trace)
either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
trace
verb(trace)
make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
Examples:
The children traced along the edge of the dark forest.
The women traced the pasture.

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