trace
To go back over again.
“we retraced the route we took last summer”
“trace your path”
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”
Discover traces of.
“She traced the circumstances of her birth”
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”
Make a mark or lines on a surface.
“trace the outline of a figure in the sand”
Pursue or chase relentlessly.
“The hunters traced the deer into the woods”
Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.
“trace the student's progress”
“trace one's ancestry”
Read with difficulty.
“The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs”
A visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle.
Either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree.
A suggestion of some quality.
A just detectable amount.
“he speaks French with a trace of an accent”
An indication that something has been present.
“there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim”
A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image.