Dictionary definition · trace
noun
- a just detectable amount"he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
- an indication that something has been present"there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"
- a suggestion of some quality"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"
- 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
verb
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something"We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"
- make a mark or lines on a surface"draw a line"
- to go back over again"we retraced the route we took last summer"
- pursue or chase relentlessly"The hunters traced the deer into the woods"
- discover traces of"She traced the circumstances of her birth"
- 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"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).