Synonym: bit, copy, draw, duplicate, follow, reproduce, seek, sketch, track, trail, transcribe. Similar words: embrace, track, attract, contract, abstract, distract, track down, attractive. Meaning: [treɪs] n. 1. a just detectable amount 2. an indication that something has been present 3. a suggestion of some quality 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 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. v. 1. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something 2. make a mark or lines on a surface 3. to go back over again 4. pursue or chase relentlessly 5. discover traces of 6. make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along 7. copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of 8. read with difficulty.
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91 Did you draw this picture yourself, or did you trace it?
92 There was no trace of anyone having entered the room since then.
93 Police are trying to trace a young woman who was seen near the accident.
94 The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found.
95 Years of living in England had eliminated all trace of her American accent.
96 He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.
97 The prince's manner was informal,(sentence dictionary) without a trace of pomposity.
98 I don't know how it's possible for a person to disappear without trace.
99 Her French was excellent, without a trace of an accent.
100 Despite a nationwide hunt for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found.
101 She could trace her family tree back to the 16th century.
102 Police are still trying to trace the occupants of the house which was destroyed by fire.
103 He can trace his ancestors back to the reign of James the First.
104 Even the youngest child can trace over the shapes of the letters with a pencil.
105 Attempts to trace the whereabouts of a man seen leaving the scene of the crime have so far been unsuccessful.
106 "No thanks," she said, with a trace of irritation in her voice.
107 She gave me some friendly advice without a trace of condescension.
108 The police raked the district but did not find any trace of the bandits.
109 The Social Democratic Party has sunk without trace at these elections.
110 In order for their computers to trace a person's records, they need both the name and address of the individual.
111 Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.
112 We can trace our ancestry back to the 16th century.
113 He spoke openly about the war without a trace of rancour.
114 To trace the origins of the Irish problem, we have to go back over three hundred years.
115 When she moved out, she left no trace of having been there.
116 She speaks English without the slightest trace of an accent.
117 Jim can trace his bloodlines to the Puritans.
118 Thus, a trace of ambiguity in the data can lower success rate.
119 Seven singles were to be released from the album, all sinking without a trace.
120 Die young, and I shall accept your death- but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all. Napoleon Bonaparte
More similar words: embrace, track, attract, contract, abstract, distract, track down, attractive, contractor, attraction, face to face, face, pace, place, space, rack, palace, crack, at peace, in place, replace, surface, racial, racism, face up to, miracle, take place, make a face, in place of, out of place.