Trace Meaning

There are 14 meaning(s) for word Trace

Meaning 1 : to go back over again

    Example : we retraced the route we took last summer,trace your path

    Synonyms : retrace
Meaning 2 : a suggestion of some quality

    Synonyms : ghost,  touch
Meaning 3 : a just detectable amount

    Example : he speaks French with a trace of an accent

    Synonyms : hint,  suggestion,  tint
Meaning 4 : make a mark or lines on a surface

    Example : trace the outline of a figure in the sand

    Synonyms : delineate,  describe,  draw,  line
Meaning 5 : pursue or chase relentlessly

    Example : The hunters traced the deer into the woods

    Synonyms : hound,  hunt
Meaning 6 : an indication that something has been present

    Example : there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim

    Synonyms : shadow,  tincture,  vestige
Meaning 7 : follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

    Example : trace the student's progress,trace one's ancestry

    Synonyms : follow
Meaning 8 : read with difficulty

    Example : The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs

    Synonyms : decipher
Meaning 9 : 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
Meaning 10 : a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

Meaning 11 : copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of

    Example : trace a design,trace a pattern

Meaning 12 : discover traces of

    Example : She traced the circumstances of her birth

Meaning 13 : either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

Meaning 14 : make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along

    Example : The children traced along the edge of the dark forest,The women traced the pasture

How to Pronounce Trace

  • treɪs