S: (n) tracing (tracing%1:06:00::), trace (trace%1:06:00::) (a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image)
S: (n) trace (trace%1:06:01::) (either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree)
S: (n) trace (trace%1:10:02::) (a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle)
Verb
S: (v) trace (trace%2:31:00::), follow (follow%2:31:00::) (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something) "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"; "trace one's ancestry"
S: (v) trace (trace%2:38:01::), retrace (retrace%2:38:00::) (to go back over again) "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
S: (v) hound (hound%2:38:00::), hunt (hunt%2:38:00::), trace (trace%2:38:00::) (pursue or chase relentlessly) "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
S: (v) trace (trace%2:39:00::) (discover traces of) "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
S: (v) trace (trace%2:38:03::) (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"
S: (v) trace (trace%2:36:00::) (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"
S: (v) decipher (decipher%2:31:00::), trace (trace%2:31:04::) (read with difficulty) "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"