trace
a just detectable amount
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,562 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,570 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a just detectable amount also: hint, tint, suggestion he speaks French with a trace of an accenta hint mockery in her manner
- an indication that something has been present also: vestige, tincture, shadow there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claima tincture of condescension
- a suggestion of some quality also: touch, ghost there was a touch of sarcasm in his tonehe detected a ghost of a smile on her face
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image also: tracing
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
verb
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something also: follow We must follow closely the economic development is Cubatrace the student's progress
- make a mark or lines on a surface also: draw, line, describe, delineate draw a linetrace the outline of a figure in the sand
trace in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The hardest grief is often that which leaves no trace.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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He searched everywhere but found no trace of his father's magic.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Well, Adam advances, smart in pace, But scarce by violets that advance you trace.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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The growth of later national legends, which we are able to trace, historically, has generally come about in this fashion.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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Poor Timmins trembled as he gazed Upon the stranger's face; For cut purse! robber! all too plain, His eye could therein trace.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1