trace
1. a just detectable amount (Freq. 5) - he speaks French with a trace of an accent • Syn: hint, suggestion • Hypernyms: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount • Hyponyms: spark 2. an indication that something has been present (Freq. 2) - there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim - a tincture of condescension • Syn: vestige, tincture, shadow • Hypernyms: indication, indicant • Hyponyms: footprint 3. a suggestion of some quality (Freq. 1) - there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone - he detected a ghost of a smile on her face • Syn: touch, ghost • Hypernyms: suggestion, proposition, proffer 4. a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image (Freq. 1) • Syn: tracing • Hypernyms: drawing 5. either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: line • Part Holonyms: harness 6. a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle • Hypernyms: mark, print
1. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something (Freq. 9) - "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" - trace the student's progress • Syn: follow • Hypernyms: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas • Verb Group: watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on, keep up, keep abreast • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. make a mark or lines on a surface (Freq. 5) - draw a line - trace the outline of a figure in the sand • Syn: draw, line, describe, delineate • Derivationally related forms: delineation (for: delineate), line (for: line), lineation (for: line), drawing (for: draw), tracer, tracing • Hypernyms: mark • Hyponyms: construct, inscribe, circumscribe, write • Verb Group: draw • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something - Somebody ----s something PP 3. to go back over again (Freq. 2) - we retraced the route we took last summer - trace your path • Syn: retrace • Hypernyms: return • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 4. pursue or chase relentlessly (Freq. 2) - The hunters traced the deer into the woods - the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him • Syn: hound, hunt • Derivationally related forms: hunt (for: hunt), hunter (for: hunt), hound (for: hound) • Hypernyms: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track • Hyponyms: ferret • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody 5. discover traces of - She traced the circumstances of her birth • Hypernyms: detect, observe, find, discover, notice • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 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 dark forest - The women traced the pasture • Hypernyms: proceed, go forward, continue • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something 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 • Derivationally related forms: tracer • Hypernyms: copy, re-create • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 8. read with difficulty - Can you decipher this letter? - The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs • Syn: decipher • Hypernyms: read • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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