4. (noun)tracing, trace a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image Synonyms: shadow, tincture, touch, trace, ghost, tracing, hint, vestige, suggestion
5. (noun)trace either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree Synonyms: shadow, tincture, touch, ghost, tracing, hint, vestige, suggestion
6. (verb)trace a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle Synonyms: shadow, tincture, touch, ghost, tracing, hint, vestige, suggestion
7. (verb)trace, follow follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something Synonyms: conform to, play along, hunt, espouse, decipher, travel along, keep an eye on, hound, fall out, describe, adopt, survey, comply, come after, pursue, abide by, be, watch over, accompany, take after, keep up, watch, keep abreast, follow, stick to, observe, surveil, line, succeed, draw, retrace, come, postdate, trace, stick with, delineate
8. (verb)trace, draw, line, describe, delineate make a mark or lines on a surface Synonyms: tie, distinguish, take in, account, hunt, suck up, get, attract, decipher, thread, quarter, sop up, hound, pull in, depict, guide, key out, describe, drag, draw in, key, suck, specify, delineate, report, make, outline, soak up, run along, retrace, define, pull, get out, take out, disembowel, cast, puff, limn, follow, reap, delimit, pass, identify, imbibe, string, draw and quarter, name, pull out, delimitate, draw, draw off, line, run, force, trace, absorb, withdraw, pull back, take up, discover, eviscerate
9. (verb)trace, retrace to go back over again Synonyms: construct, decipher, line, describe, trace, hunt, reconstruct, retrace, hound, delineate, draw, follow
12. (verb)trace make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along Synonyms: decipher, line, describe, hunt, retrace, hound, delineate, draw, follow
13. (verb)trace copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of Synonyms: decipher, line, describe, hunt, retrace, hound, delineate, draw, follow
1. trace A characteristic belongs to the nature or character of the person, thing, or class, and serves to identify an object; as, a copper-colored skin, high cheek-bones, and straight, black hair are ch Synonyms: characteristic, attribute, feature, peculiarity, sign, trace, character, indication, property, singularity, trait, distinction, mark, quality
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