verb#3,499 by frequency
trace
/tɹeɪs/
To follow the trail of; To follow the history of; To draw or sketch lightly or with care
- he/she/it
- traces
- past participle
- traced
Meanings
- 1
To follow the trail of
The police have traced her to Paris.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom is trying to trace his birth mother.
Tatoeba · patgfisher · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To follow the history of
- 3
To draw or sketch lightly or with care
- 4
To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its linesrare
- 5
To copy; to imitaterare
- 6
To walk; to go; to travelrare
- 7
To walk over; to pass through; to traverserare
- 8
To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every steprare