TRACE

trace

(noun) either of two lines that connect a horse’s harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

tracing, trace

(noun) a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

trace, vestige, tincture, shadow

(noun) an indication that something has been present; “there wasn’t a trace of evidence for the claim”; “a tincture of condescension”

trace

(noun) a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

touch, trace, ghost

(noun) a suggestion of some quality; “there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone”; “he detected a ghost of a smile on her face”

trace, hint, tint, suggestion

(noun) a just detectable amount; “he speaks French with a trace of an accent”; “a hint mockery in her manner”; “a tint of glamour”

decipher, trace

(verb) read with difficulty; “Can you decipher this letter?”; “The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs”

trace, follow

(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”

trace, draw, line, describe, delineate

(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface; “draw a line”; “trace the outline of a figure in the sand”

trace

(verb) 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”

trace

(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 dark forest”; “The women traced the pasture”

hound, hunt, trace

(verb) pursue or chase relentlessly; “The hunters traced the deer into the woods”; “the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him”

trace, retrace

(verb) to go back over again; “we retraced the route we took last summer”; “trace your path”

trace

(verb) discover traces of; “She traced the circumstances of her birth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

trace (countable and uncountable, plural traces)

An act of tracing.

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

A residue of some substance or material.

A very small amount.

(electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

(engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

(geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

(mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Synonyms

• (mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal): track, trail

• (small amount): see also modicum.

Etymology 2

Verb

trace (third-person singular simple present traces, present participle tracing, simple past and past participle traced)

(transitive) To follow the trail of.

To follow the history of.

(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

(transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.

(intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.

(transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

(computer, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

Anagrams

• Carte, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct

Proper noun

Trace

(colloquial) A short form of the female given name Tracy or Tracey.

Anagrams

• Carte, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct

Source: Wiktionary

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Trace, n. Etym: [F.trais. pl. of trait. See Trait.]

Definition: 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.

Trace, n. Etym: [F. trace. See Trace, v. t. ]

1. 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. Milton.

2. (Chem.&Min.)

Definition: 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.

3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. Pope.

4. (Descriptive Geom.&Persp.)

Definition: The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

5. (Fort.)

Definition: The ground plan of a work or works. Syn.-Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige.

Trace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. traced; p. pr. & vb. n. tracing.] Etym: [OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL. tractiare, fr.L. tractus, p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf. Abstract, Attract, Contract, Portratt, Tract, Trail, Train, Treat. ]

1. 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. Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.

2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. Cowper. You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. T. Burnet. I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.

3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of. How all the way the prince on footpace traced. Spenser.

4. To copy; to imitate. That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word, and line by line. Denham.

5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse. We do tracethis alley up and down. Shak.

Trace, v. i.

Definition: To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.] Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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