Noun
1. a just detectable amount;
"he speaks French with a trace of an accent"2. an indication that something has been present;
"there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim""a tincture of condescension"3. 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. drawing created by tracing
5. either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
6. a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
Verb
1. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;
"We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba""trace the student's progress"2. make a mark or lines on a surface;
"draw a line""trace the outline of a figure in the sand"3. to go back over again;
"we retraced the route we took last summer""trace your path"4. pursue or chase relentlessly;
"The hunters traced the deer into the woods""the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"5. discover traces of;
"She traced the circumstances of her birth"6. 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"7. 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"8. read with difficulty;
"Can you decipher this letter?""The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"