- copied, traced - derived by copying something else; especially by following lines seen through a transparent sheet
Antonym: underived (indirect, via derived)
- 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"