Definitions for Trace
Trace
trace
Spelling: [treys]
IPA: /treɪs/
Trace is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 94 anagrams from letters in Trace (acert).
Definitions for Trace
noun
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a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
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a barely discernible indication or evidence of some quantity, quality, characteristic, expression, etc.:
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an extremely small amount of some chemical component:
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traces, the series of footprints left by an animal.
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the track left by the passage of a person, animal, or object:
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Meteorology. precipitation of less than 0.005 inches (0.127 mm).
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a trail or path, especially through wild or open territory, made by the passage of people, animals, or vehicles.
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engram.
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a tracing, drawing, or sketch of something.
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a lightly drawn line, as the record drawn by a self-registering instrument.
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Mathematics.
the intersection of two planes, or of a plane and a surface.
the sum of the elements along the principal diagonal of a square matrix.
the geometric locus of an equation.
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the visible line or lines produced on the screen of a cathode-ray tube by the deflection of the electron beam.
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Linguistics. (in generative grammar) a construct that is phonologically empty but serves to mark the place in the surface structure of a sentence from which a noun phrase has been moved by a transformational operation.
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Obsolete. a footprint.
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either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
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a piece in a machine, as a bar, transferring the movement of one part to another part, being hinged to each.
Idioms
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kick over the traces, to throw off restraint; become independent or defiant:
verb (used with object)
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to follow the footprints, track, or traces of.
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to follow, make out, or determine the course or line of, especially by going backward from the latest evidence, nearest existence, etc.:
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to follow (footprints, evidence, the history or course of something, etc.).
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to follow the course, development, or history of:
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to ascertain by investigation; find out; discover:
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to draw (a line, outline, figure, etc.).
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to make a plan, diagram, or map of.
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to copy (a drawing, plan, etc.) by following the lines of the original on a superimposed transparent sheet.
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to mark or ornament with lines, figures, etc.
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to make an impression or imprinting of (a design, pattern, etc.).
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(of a self-registering instrument) to print in a curved, broken, or wavy-lined manner.
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to put down in writing.
verb (used without object)
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to go back in history, ancestry, or origin; date back in time:
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to follow a course, trail, etc.; make one's way.
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(of a self-registering instrument) to print a record in a curved, broken, or wavy-lined manner.
Origin of Trace
1250-1300; late Middle English tracen, Middle English: to make one's way, proceed Middle French tracier Vulgar Latin *tractiāre, derivative of Latin tractus, past participle of trahere to dra
Examples for Trace
There was no trace of the body in the waters, no drop of blood on the rocks.
Earlier translations of a handful of the books, known as the SAS series in France, sank without a trace in the United States.
He had not been to the bank for two days before, and no trace of him was to be found.
Only in one respect does he show any trace of advancing years.
And it is nearly impossible to trace each knockoff to each patient or to confirm how many were affected.
Recently, when whistleblowers finally surfaced, the Home Office officials could find no trace of the dossier.
The secretary's voice was mechanical, without any trace of feeling.
He mounted a trace Elliot amplifier on the back of the truck.
From some other of the author's letters we are able to trace the gradual growth of the work.
Throughout all the stories of loss and pain with the Chief, there was barely a trace of emotion.