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trace
Overview of noun trace
The noun trace has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (5) trace, hint, suggestion -- (a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent")
2. (2) trace, vestige, tincture, shadow -- (an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension")
3. (1) touch, trace, ghost -- (a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face")
4. (1) 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)
5. (1) trace -- (either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree)
6. trace -- (a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle)
Overview of verb trace
The verb trace has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (9) 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")
2. (5) 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")
3. (2) trace, retrace -- (to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path")
4. (2) hound, hunt, trace -- (pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him")
5. trace -- (discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth")
6. 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")
7. 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")
8. decipher, trace -- (read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trace
6 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, hint, suggestion
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
=> indication, indicant
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
touch, trace, ghost
=> suggestion, proposition, proffer
=> proposal
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
tracing, trace
=> drawing
=> representation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
trace
=> line
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
trace
=> mark, print
=> indication, indicant
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun trace
2 of 6 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, hint, suggestion
=> spark
Sense 2
trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
=> footprint
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trace
6 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, hint, suggestion
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Sense 2
trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
=> indication, indicant
Sense 3
touch, trace, ghost
=> suggestion, proposition, proffer
Sense 4
tracing, trace
=> drawing
Sense 5
trace
=> line
Sense 6
trace
=> mark, print
Antonyms of noun trace
Member Holonyms of noun trace
Substance Holonyms of noun trace
Part Holonyms of noun trace
1 of 6 senses of trace
Sense 5
trace
PART OF: harness
Member Meronyms of noun trace
Substance Meronyms of noun trace
Part Meronyms of noun trace
Meronyms of noun trace
Holonyms of noun trace
1 of 6 senses of trace
Sense 5
trace
PART OF: harness
Attributes of noun trace
Derived Forms of noun trace
3 of 6 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, hint, suggestion
RELATED TO>(verb) trace#5
=> trace
Sense 4
tracing, trace
RELATED TO>(verb) trace#7
=> trace
RELATED TO>(verb) trace#2
=> trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
Sense 6
trace
RELATED TO>(verb) trace#5
=> trace
RELATED TO>(verb) trace#3
=> trace, retrace
Domain of noun trace
Domain Terms of noun trace
Familiarity of noun trace
trace used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun trace
6 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, hint, suggestion
> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> helping, portion, serving
=> taste, mouthful
=> crumb
=> dab, splash, splatter
=> spot, bit
=> few
=> hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
=> modicum
=> scattering, sprinkling
=> shoestring, shoe string
=> spray, spraying
=> nose
=> step, stone's throw
=> little
=> shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> tad, shade
=> minimum, lower limit
=> morsel
=> handful, smattering
=> couple
=> drop, drib, driblet
=> dollop
=> dreg
=> jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit
=> nip, shot
=> trace, hint, suggestion
=> shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
=> tot
=> touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
Sense 2
trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
> indication, indicant
=> gesture
=> evidence
=> trace, vestige, tincture, shadow
=> symptom
=> signalization, signalisation
=> pointing out
=> manifestation
=> mark, print
=> glimpse
=> harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor
=> hint, clue
=> smoke
Sense 3
touch, trace, ghost
> suggestion, proposition, proffer
=> hint, intimation, breath
=> touch, trace, ghost
=> overture, advance, approach, feeler
Sense 4
tracing, trace
> drawing
=> charcoal
=> delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing
=> diagram
=> mechanical drawing
=> pen-and-ink
=> plan, architectural plan
=> rendering
=> scribble, scrabble, doodle
=> silhouette
=> silverpoint
=> sketch, study
=> stick figure
=> tracing, trace
Sense 5
trace
> line
=> becket
=> cord
=> lanyard, laniard
=> lifeline
=> lifeline
=> mooring, mooring line
=> painter
=> ratline, ratlin
=> rope
=> sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
=> shroud
=> strand
=> towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope
=> trace
Sense 6
trace
> mark, print
=> footprint, footmark, step
=> trace
=> mintmark
=> stroke
=> hoofprint, hoof mark, hoof-mark
=> line
=> line
Meronyms of noun trace
6 senses of trace
Sense 4
tracing, trace
=> drawing
=> representation
=> creation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
trace
=> line
HAS PART: bitter end
HAS PART: drip loop
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun trace
1 of 6 senses of trace
Sense 5
trace
PART OF: harness
Grep of noun trace
explosive trace detection
footrace
memory trace
trace
trace detector
trace element
trace program
tracer
tracer bullet
tracery
Antonyms of verb trace
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trace
8 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, follow
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 2
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> mark
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
trace, retrace
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 4
hound, hunt, trace
=> chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
=> pursue, follow
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 5
trace
=> detect, observe, find, discover, notice
=> sight
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 6
trace
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 7
trace
=> copy, re-create
=> make, create
Sense 8
decipher, trace
=> read
=> interpret, construe, see
=> understand
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb trace
2 of 8 senses of trace
Sense 2
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> construct
=> inscribe
=> circumscribe
=> circumscribe
=> write
Sense 4
hound, hunt, trace
=> ferret
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb trace
8 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, follow
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 2
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> mark
Sense 3
trace, retrace
=> return, go back, get back, come back
Sense 4
hound, hunt, trace
=> chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
Sense 5
trace
=> detect, observe, find, discover, notice
Sense 6
trace
=> proceed, go forward, continue
Sense 7
trace
=> copy, re-create
Sense 8
decipher, trace
=> read
'Cause To' of verb trace
Derived Forms of verb trace
4 of 8 senses of trace
Sense 2
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
RELATED TO>(noun) trace#4
=> tracing, trace
RELATED TO>(noun) tracer#2
=> tracer
RELATED TO>(noun) tracing#1
=> tracing
Sense 3
trace, retrace
RELATED TO>(noun) trace#6
=> trace
Sense 5
trace
RELATED TO>(noun) trace#6
=> trace
RELATED TO>(noun) trace#1
=> trace, hint, suggestion
Sense 7
trace
RELATED TO>(noun) trace#4
=> tracing, trace
RELATED TO>(noun) tracer#2
=> tracer
Domain of verb trace
Domain Terms of verb trace
Familiarity of verb trace
trace used as a verb is common (polysemy count =8)
Sample Sentences of verb trace
8 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, follow
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
trace, retrace
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
hound, hunt, trace
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 5
trace
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
trace
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
trace
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
decipher, trace
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb trace
8 senses of trace
Sense 1
trace, follow
> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
=> anatomize
=> diagnose, name
=> diagnose
=> survey, appraise
=> survey
=> compare
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
=> assay
=> review, reexamine
=> audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
=> screen
=> trace, follow
=> investigate, look into
=> sieve, sift
=> view, consider, look at
Sense 2
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
> mark
=> dot
=> stigmatize, stigmatise
=> raddle
=> striate
=> red-ink
=> dimple
=> spot
=> crisscross
=> star, asterisk
=> flag
=> tip
=> underline, underscore
=> stripe
=> speck
=> bespot
=> trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> stake, post
=> brand
Sense 3
trace, retrace
> return, go back, get back, come back
=> resurrect, rise, uprise
=> revisit
=> trace, retrace
=> backtrack, turn back, double back
=> cut back, flash back
=> home
=> go home, head home
=> return
=> boomerang
=> bounce
Sense 4
hound, hunt, trace
> chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
=> tree
=> quest
=> hound, hunt, trace
=> run down
Sense 5
trace
> detect, observe, find, discover, notice
=> find out, catch out
=> sense
=> instantiate
=> trace
=> see
Sense 6
trace
> proceed, go forward, continue
=> head
=> trace
=> roar
=> limp
=> wander
Sense 7
trace
> copy, re-create
=> manifold
=> imitate
=> trace
=> back up
=> hectograph
=> clone
=> mimeograph, mimeo
=> roneo
Sense 8
decipher, trace
> read
=> anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise
=> reread
=> dip into
=> decipher, trace
=> skim, skim over
=> lipread, lip-read, speech-read
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb trace
Sense 1
trace, follow
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
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Sense 2
trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
=> mark
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Sense 3
trace, retrace
=> return, go back, get back, come back
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Sense 4
hound, hunt, trace
=> chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
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Sense 5
trace
=> detect, observe, find, discover, notice
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Sense 6
trace
=> proceed, go forward, continue
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Sense 7
trace
=> copy, re-create
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Sense 8
decipher, trace
=> read
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Grep of verb trace
retrace
trace
Grep of adj trace
traceable
traced
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