Canadian English Meaning of trace

trace

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Definitions and Meaning of trace in English

Wordnet

trace (n)

a just detectable amount

an indication that something has been present

a suggestion of some quality

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

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

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

Wordnet

trace (v)

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

make a mark or lines on a surface

to go back over again

pursue or chase relentlessly

discover traces of

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

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

read with difficulty

Webster

trace (n.)

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.

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

Webster

trace (v. t.)

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.

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.

A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

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

The ground plan of a work or works.

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.

To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.

Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

To copy; to imitate.

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

Webster

trace (v. i.)

To walk; to go; to travel.

FAQs About the word trace

trace

a just detectable amount, an indication that something has been present, a suggestion of some quality, a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent shee

define,outline,sketch,bound,circle,delineate,draw,line,round,silhouette

guide,lead,pilot,head

trabu => trabu, trablous => Tripoli, trabeculate => trabeculate, trabecular => Trabecular, trabeculae => trabeculae,