Noun

• S: (n) tracing (the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline)
• S: (n) tracing, trace (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) tracing (the discovery and description of the course of development of something) "the tracing of genealogies"

Verb

• S: (v) trace, follow (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something) "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
• S: (v) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate (make a mark or lines on a surface) "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
• S: (v) trace, retrace (to go back over again) "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
• S: (v) hound, hunt, trace (pursue or chase relentlessly) "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
• S: (v) trace (discover traces of) "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
• S: (v) trace (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 (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, trace (read with difficulty) "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"