Synonyms:
trace, hint, suggestion
Meaning: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
Synonyms:
trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
Meaning: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
Synonyms:
touch, trace, ghost
Meaning: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
Synonyms:
tracing, trace
Meaning: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
Synonyms:
trace
Meaning: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
trace, follow
Meaning: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
Synonyms:
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
Meaning: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
Synonyms:
trace, retrace
Meaning: to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
Synonyms:
hound, hunt, trace
Meaning: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
Usage examples
No trace of the goat."
Here all trace of him is lost.
Numerous languages bear trace of this.
The American laughed a trace contemptuously.
But for a long time Quilp could get no trace.
Still there was no trace of human habitation.
At this point Henry lost all trace of the rest.
"Wouldn't you?" she asked, without a trace of coquetry.
And from the moment she left her home all trace of her was lost."
The place was searched throughout, but there was no trace of her.