A trace of something is just a hint or suggestion of it, a very small amount left behind like the sad cookie crumbs at the bottom of an empty cookie jar.
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
Noun
either of two lines that connect a horse''s harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
Noun
drawing created by tracing
Noun
an indication that something has been present; "there wasn''t a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
Noun
a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
Noun
a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
Noun
a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
Verb
read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
Verb
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student''s progress"
Verb
make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
Verb
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"
Verb
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"
Verb
pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
Verb
to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
Verb
discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
n.
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending
from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle
or thing to be drawn; a tug.
v. t.
A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a
course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled;
the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
v. t.
A very small quantity of an element or compound in a
given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not
quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an
analysis, often contracted to tr.
v. t.
A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything
left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.
v. t.
The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original
plane, with a coordinate plane.
v. t.
The ground plan of a work or works.
v. t.
To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially,
to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking
them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a
figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
v. t.
To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or
thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.
v. t.
Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
v. t.
To copy; to imitate.
v. t.
To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
v. i.
To walk; to go; to travel.
Trace
Trace
The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase.4.
Trace
Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods.2.
You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest agents.3.
How all the way the prince on footpace traced.4.
That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word, and line by line.5.
We do tracethis alley up and down.
Trace
Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace.
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige;
To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear;
To walk; to go; to travel.
Usage Examples
You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon Ireland's history in their lineaments trace think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.
Art is the child of Nature yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.
What I enjoy doing more than anything is, I have my little antique car collection, and when the weather is pretty I like to get out one of my old cars. I have a little route I run down in the country, down Nachez Trace Parkway. The loop down through there is just really relaxing, not much traffic.
As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything.
In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify but which he must accept upon faith and belief.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe actual truth about Gad is it's one of the original 13 tribes of Israel, so you can actually trace my lineage back to, like, those guys who had, like, a hand in the Bible and have since become very famous from that. So I come from very famous lineage. Granted, they didn't have cameras back then, so none of them had TV shows.
To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light.
To the mind, God is a perfect criminal. He has done such a perfect crime by creating this world that mind cannot trace how He did it. That is why the mind always freaks out about God.
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.
Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.
It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body that produced them.
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