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Definition of 'TRACE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) trace
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige.

2.  trace
a barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic, expression, etc.

3.  trace
an extremely small amount of some chemical component:
a trace of copper in the ore.

4.  trace
traces, the series of footprints left by an animal.

5.  trace
the track left by the passage of a person, animal, or object.

6.  trace
precipitation of less than 0.005 in. (0.127 mm).

7.  trace
a trail or path, esp. through wild or open territory, made by the passage of people, animals, or vehicles.

8.  trace
a tracing, drawing, or sketch of something.

9.  trace
a lightly drawn line, as the record drawn by a self-registering instrument.

10.  trace
Math.

11.  trace
the intersection of two planes, or of a plane and a surface.

12.  trace
the sum of the elements along the principal diagonal of a square matrix.

13. (v.t.) trace
to follow the footprints, track, or traces of.

14.  trace
to follow (footprints, evidence, the history or course of something, etc.).

15.  trace
to follow the course, development, or history of:
to trace a political movement.

16.  trace
to ascertain by investigation; discover.

17.  trace
to draw (a line, outline, figure, etc.).

18.  trace
to make a plan, diagram, or map of.

19.  trace
to copy (a drawing, plan, etc.) by following the lines of the original on a superimposed transparent sheet.

20.  trace
to make an impression or imprinting of (a design, pattern, etc.).

21. (v.i.) trace
to go back in history, ancestry, or origin.

22.  trace
to follow a course, trail, etc.

23. (n.) trace
either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.

24.  trace
kick over the traces, to throw off restraint; become independent or defiant.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME trais < MF, pl. of trait strap for harness < L tractus dragging)

Definition of 'TRACE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) trace, hint, suggestion
a just detectable amount
"he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

2. (noun) trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
an indication that something has been present
"there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

3. (noun) touch, trace, ghost
a suggestion of some quality
"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

4. (noun) tracing, 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

5. (noun) trace
either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

6. (verb) trace
a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

7. (verb) trace, follow
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
"We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"

8. (verb) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
make a mark or lines on a surface
"draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

9. (verb) trace, retrace
to go back over again
"we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

10. (verb) hound, hunt, trace
pursue or chase relentlessly
"The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

11. (verb) trace
discover traces of
"She traced the circumstances of her birth"

12. (verb) trace
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"

13. (verb) trace
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"

14. (verb) decipher, trace
read with difficulty
"Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

Definition of 'TRACE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) trace
to find out where sb or sth is
Police want to trace the car seen at the accident.

2.  trace
to find out what the origin or cause of sth was
I've been trying to trace my family history.; The cause has been traced to a chemical leak.

3.  trace
to copy a picture by drawing on transparent piece of paper that covers it
kids tracing pictures of farm animals

4. (noun) trace
a small amount of sth
traces of blood found in his apartment

5.  trace
an indication or sign of sth
There seemed to be no trace of the woman.

Definition of 'TRACE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) TRACE
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

2. (verb) TRACE
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

3. (verb) TRACE
a very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr

4. (verb) TRACE
a mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige

5. (verb) TRACE
the intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane

6. (verb) TRACE
the ground plan of a work or works

7. (verb) TRACE
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

8. (verb) TRACE
to follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens

9. (verb) TRACE
hence, to follow the trace or track of

10. (verb) TRACE
to copy; to imitate

11. (verb) TRACE
to walk over; to pass through; to traverse

12. (verb) TRACE
to walk; to go; to travel

Translation of 'TRACE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a mark or sign left by something There were traces of egg on the plate; There's still no trace of the missing child.
Afrikaans: spoor	Arabic: أَثَر، عَلامَه	Bulgarian: следа
Brazilian: sinal	Czech: stopa	German: die Spur
Danish: spor	Greek: ίχνος, σημάδι	Spanish: rastro, huella, vestigio,
Estonian: jälg, märk	Farsi: اثر؛ نشانه	Finnish: jälki
French: trace	Hebrew: שָׂרִיד	Hindi: निशान
Croatian: trag	Hungarian: nyom	Indonesian: bekas, jejak
Icelandic: (um)merki, slóð, spor	Italian: traccia	Japanese: 跡
Korean: 흔적	Lithuanian: pėdsakas, ženklas	Latvian: pēdas; paliekas
Malay: kesan	Dutch: spoor	Norwegian: spor, merke
Polish: ślad	Persian: اثر؛ نشانه	Pashto: تسمه، واګي، هغه تسمه يا ځ
Portuguese: sinal	Romanian: urmă	Russian: след
Slovak: stopa	Slovenian: sled	Serbian: trag
Swedish: spår	Thai: ร่องรอย	Turkish: iz
Taiwanese: 痕跡，遺跡	Ukrainian: слід	Urdu: نشان، علامت
Vietnamese: dấu tích	Chinese: 痕迹，踪迹
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