Trace

Quick meaning: Trace is a noun meaning An act of tracing.

Meaning

An act of tracing.

More Meanings

1. An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
2. A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
3. A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
4. (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
5. An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
6. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
7. (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

Example Sentences

There are traces of chocolate around your lips.

All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.

Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.

And by mornin' Gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean

Word Forms

• traces
• tracest
• tracing
• traced

Synonyms for trace

Depending on context, synonyms include track, trail, show, ace, atom, atomy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include follow, retrace, touch, delineate, outline, describe.

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