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Noun trace has 6 senses
- trace, hint, suggestion - a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
--1 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
--1 has particulars: spark
- trace, vestige, tincture, shadow - an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
--2 is a kind of indication, indicant
--2 has particulars: footprint
- touch, trace, ghost - a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
--3 is a kind of suggestion, proposition, proffer
- tracing, trace - drawing created by tracing
--4 is a kind of drawing
- trace - either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
--5 is a kind of line
--5 is a part of harness
- trace - a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
--6 is a kind of mark, print
Verb trace has 8 senses
- trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
--1 is one way to analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- trace, draw, line, describe, delineate - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
--2 is one way to mark
Sample sentences:
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- trace, retrace - to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
--3 is one way to return, go back, get back, come back
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- hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
--4 is one way to chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s somebody
- trace - discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
--5 is one way to detect, observe, find, discover, notice
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- trace - 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"
--6 is one way to proceed, go forward, continue
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- trace - 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"
--7 is one way to copy, re-create
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- decipher, trace - read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
--8 is one way to read
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