Trace
nnoun.quantitya just detectable amountSynset:hint suggestion tint
Examples:- he speaks French with a trace of an accent
- a hint mockery in her manner
- a tint of glamour
Derivationally Related Form:trace
Hypernyms:small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:tracesmall indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:spark
nnoun.communicationan indication that something has been presentSynset:shadow tincture vestige
Examples:- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
- a tincture of condescension
Hypernyms:indicant indication
Inherited Hypernyms:traceindicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:footprint
nnoun.communicationa suggestion of some qualitySynset:ghost touch
Examples:- there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
- he detected a ghost of a smile on her face
Hypernyms:proffer proposition suggestion
Inherited Hypernyms:touchsuggestionproposalmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original imageSynset:tracing
Derivationally Related Form:trace
Hypernyms:drawing
Inherited Hypernyms:tracingdrawingrepresentationcreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacteither of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletreePart Holonyms:harness
Hypernyms:line
Inherited Hypernyms:tracelineartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.communicationa visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicleDerivationally Related Form:trace
Hypernyms:mark print
Inherited Hypernyms:tracemarkindicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.cognitionfollow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of somethingSynset:follow
Examples:- We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba
- trace the student's progress
- trace one's ancestry
Hypernyms:analyse analyze canvass examine study
Inherited Hypernyms:traceanalyze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactmake a mark or lines on a surfaceSynset:delineate describe draw line
Examples:- draw a line
- trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Derivationally Related Form:tracedrawingtracingtracerdelineationlineationline
Hypernyms:mark
Inherited Hypernyms:tracemarkchange
Direct Hyponyms:circumscribeconstructinscribewrite
Full Troponyms:boldfacecalligraphcapitalizecircumscribeconstructcopycopy outcrosscyclostyledotinscribeitalicizelettermisprintoffsetoverprintprintproverecopyscribblestenographsuperscribesurchargetypesetwrite
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.motionto go back over againSynset:retrace
Examples:- we retraced the route we took last summer
- trace your path
Derivationally Related Form:trace
Hypernyms:return
Inherited Hypernyms:tracereturntravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.motionpursue or chase relentlesslySynset:hound hunt
Examples:- The hunters traced the deer into the woods
- the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
Derivationally Related Form:hunthoundhunter
Hypernyms:chase chase after dog give chase go after tag tail track trail
Inherited Hypernyms:houndchasepursuetravel
Direct Hyponyms:ferret
Full Troponyms:ferret
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.perceptiondiscover traces ofExamples:- She traced the circumstances of her birth
Derivationally Related Form:trace
Hypernyms:detect discover find notice observe
Inherited Hypernyms:tracedetectspyperceive
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.motionmake one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or alongExamples:- The children traced along the edge of the dark forest
- The women traced the pasture
Hypernyms:continue go forward proceed
Inherited Hypernyms:traceproceedtravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.creationcopy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing ofExamples:- trace a design
- trace a pattern
Derivationally Related Form:tracetracer
Hypernyms:copy re-create
Inherited Hypernyms:tracecopymake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionread with difficultySynset:decipher
Examples:- Can you decipher this letter?
- The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs
Hypernyms:read
Inherited Hypernyms:decipherreadinterpretunderstand
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something