trace

B1
Pronunciation
/tɹeɪs/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

An act of tracing.

Example Sentences
  • Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.
2 Definition

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

3 Definition

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

4 Definition

A residue of some substance or material.

Example Sentences
  • There are traces of chocolate around your lips.
5 Definition

A very small amount.

Example Sentences
  • All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.
6 Definition

A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

7 Definition

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

8 Definition

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.

9 Definition

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.

10 Definition

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

11 Definition

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

12 Definition

The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

13 Definition

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To follow the trail of.

2 Definition

To follow the history of.

3 Definition

To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

Example Sentences
  • He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
4 Definition

To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

5 Definition

To copy; to imitate.

6 Definition

To walk; to go; to travel.

7 Definition

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

8 Definition

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.