Results for: "trace"
Translating from English to Welsh
Additional Definitions (WordNet):
NOUN (6)
1.
a just detectable amount;
- Example: "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"[syn: trace, hint, suggestion]
2. an indication that something has been present;
- Example: "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"
- Example: "a tincture of condescension"
[syn: trace, vestige, tincture, shadow]
3. a suggestion of some quality;
- Example: "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"
- Example: "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
[syn: touch, trace, ghost]
4. a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image;
[syn: tracing, trace]
5. either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree;
6. a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle;
VERB (8)
1. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;
- Example: "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"
- Example: "trace the student's progress"
[syn: trace, follow]
2. make a mark or lines on a surface;
- Example: "draw a line"
- Example: "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
[syn: trace, draw, line, describe, delineate]
3. to go back over again;
- Example: "we retraced the route we took last summer"
- Example: "trace your path"
[syn: trace, retrace]
4. pursue or chase relentlessly;
- Example: "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"
- Example: "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
[syn: hound, hunt, trace]
5. discover traces of;
- Example: "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
6. make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along;
- Example: "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"
- Example: "The women traced the pasture"
7. copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of;
- Example: "trace a design"
- Example: "trace a pattern"
8. read with difficulty;
- Example: "Can you decipher this letter?"
- Example: "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
[syn: decipher, trace]
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