trace
verb
[ treɪs ]
• find or discover by investigation.
• "police are trying to trace a white van seen in the area"
Similar:
track down,
find,
discover,
detect,
unearth,
uncover,
turn up,
hunt down,
dig up,
ferret out,
run to ground,
follow,
pursue,
trail,
shadow,
stalk,
dog,
find the source of,
find the origins of,
find the roots of,
follow to its source,
source,
• copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper.
• "trace a map of the world on to a large piece of paper"
Similar:
copy,
reproduce,
go over,
draw over,
draw the lines of,
draw,
draw up,
sketch,
draft,
outline,
rough out,
mark out,
delineate,
map,
chart,
record,
indicate,
show,
depict,
trace
noun
• a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something.
• "remove all traces of the old adhesive"
Similar:
vestige,
sign,
mark,
indication,
suggestion,
evidence,
clue,
remains,
remnant,
relic,
survival,
ghost,
echo,
memory,
trail,
track,
spoor,
marks,
tracks,
prints,
imprints,
footprints,
footmarks,
footsteps,
• a very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured.
• "his body contained traces of amphetamines"
• a procedure to investigate the source of something, such as the place from which a telephone call was made.
• "we've got a trace on the call"
• a line which represents the projection of a curve or surface on a plane or the intersection of a curve or surface with a plane.
• a path or track.
• the sum of the elements in the principal diagonal of a square matrix.
Origin:
Middle English (first recorded as a noun in the sense ‘path that someone or something takes’): from Old French trace (noun), tracier (verb), based on Latin tractus (see tract1).
trace
noun
• each of the two side straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is attached to a vehicle that it is pulling.
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a pair of traces): from Old French trais, plural of trait (see trait).
