- trace, hint, suggestion - a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
--1 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
--1 has particulars: sparkDerived form: verb trace5 - trace, vestige, tincture, shadow - an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
--2 is a kind of indication, indicant
--2 has particulars: footprint - touch, trace, ghost - a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
--3 is a kind of suggestion, proposition, proffer
- tracing, trace - drawing created by tracing
--4 is a kind of drawing
Derived forms: verb trace7, verb trace2 - trace - either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
--5 is a kind of line
--5 is a part of harness- trace - a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
--6 is a kind of mark, print
Derived forms: verb trace5, verb trace3 - trace - a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
--1 is one way to analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- trace, draw, line, describe, delineate - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
--2 is one way to mark
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun trace4, noun tracer2, noun tracing1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- trace, retrace - to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
--3 is one way to return, go back, get back, come back
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun trace6
Somebody ----s something
- hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
--4 is one way to chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- trace - discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
--5 is one way to detect, observe, find, discover, notice
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun trace6, noun trace1
Somebody ----s something
- trace - make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the drak forest"; "The women traced the pasture"
--6 is one way to proceed, go forward, continue
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- trace - copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
--7 is one way to copy, re-create
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun trace4, noun tracer2
Somebody ----s something
- decipher, trace - read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
--8 is one way to read
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- trace - copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"