TRACE

Definition of TRACE

  1. (verb)follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
  2. (verb)make a mark or lines on a surface
  3. (verb)to go back over again
  4. (verb)pursue or chase relentlessly
  5. (verb)discover traces of
  6. (verb)make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
  7. (verb)copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
  8. (verb)read with difficulty
  9. (noun)a just detectable amount
  10. (noun)an indication that something has been present
  11. (noun)a suggestion of some quality
  12. (noun)a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
  13. (noun)either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
  14. (noun)a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle