Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)trace, hint, tint, suggestiona just detectable amount“he speaks French with a trace of an accent”,
“a hint mockery in her manner”,
“a tint of glamour” (n)trace, vestige, tincture, shadowan indication that something has been present“there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim”,
“a tincture of condescension” (n)touch, trace, ghosta suggestion of some quality“there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone”,
“he detected a ghost of a smile on her face” (n)tracing, tracea drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image (n)traceeither of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree (n)tracea visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle Verbs
(v)trace, followfollow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something“We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”,
“trace the student's progress”,
“trace one's ancestry” (v)trace, retraceto go back over again“we retraced the route we took last summer”,
“trace your path” (v)hound, hunt, tracepursue or chase relentlessly“The hunters traced the deer into the woods”,
“the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him” (v)tracediscover traces of“She traced the circumstances of her birth” (v)tracemake one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along“The children traced along the edge of the dark forest”,
“The women traced the pasture” (v)tracecopy 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” (v)decipher, traceread with difficulty“Can you decipher this letter?”,
“The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs”