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Noun: tracing treysing- The act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
- A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- trace - The discovery and description of the course of development of something
"the tracing of genealogies" Verb: trace treys- Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
"trace the student's progress" - follow - Make a mark or lines on a surface
"trace the outline of a figure in the sand" - draw, line, describe, delineate - To go back over again
"trace your path" - retrace - Pursue or chase relentlessly
"The hunters traced the deer into the woods" - hound, hunt - Discover traces of
"She traced the circumstances of her birth" - Make 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" - 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" - Read with difficulty
"The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" - decipher
Derived forms: tracings See also: tracer Type of: analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], canvas, canvass, chase, chase after, continue, copy, detect, discover, discovery, dog, drafting, draftsmanship [US], draughtsmanship [Brit, Cdn], drawing, examine, find, give chase, go after, go forward, mark, notice, observe, proceed, read, re-create, return, study, tag, tail, track, trail, uncovering Encyclopedia: Trace Tracing |