Trace

What do we mean by trace?

A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing. noun

Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige. noun

An extremely small amount or barely perceivable indication. noun

A constituent, such as a chemical compound or element, present in quantities less than a standard limit. noun

A path or trail that has been beaten out by the passage of animals or people. noun

An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something. noun

A line drawn by a recording instrument, such as a cardiograph. noun

The point at which a line, or the curve in which a surface, intersects a coordinate plane. noun

The sum of the elements of the principal diagonal of a matrix. noun

An engram. noun

To go along or follow (a path, for example). intransitive verb

To follow the course or trail of. intransitive verb

To ascertain the successive stages in the development or progress of. intransitive verb

To discover or determine by searching or researching evidence. intransitive verb

To locate or ascertain the origin of. intransitive verb

An act of tracing.

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

A residue of some substance or material.

A very small amount.

A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

Words that are spelled similarly to trace:
trace, trade, race, grace, track, tract, brace, trance, truce, tracy, thrace, trice, trac, traci, prace, trane, trate, tace, tracie, trae, trach, traje, trame, trave, trece, crace, tracee, trape, strace, trache, tracs, traco, trce, traca, torace, erace, arace, trafe, dtrace, ftrace, taace, triace.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word trace:
lineage, ancestry, origins, fossils, tensor, roots, gases, minerals, traces, metals, fossil, beginnings, parkway, matrix, descent, origin, quantities, ancestors, elements, element, remains, fault, back, operator, mineral, copper, vector, atmosphere, formula, path.

Words that rhyme with trace:
case, grace, face, base, place, space, race, embrace, brace, interface, pace, chase, bass, ace, lace, showcase, database, replace, efface, disgrace, mace, debase, displace, marketplace, apace, commonplace, horse race, erase, vase, bookcase, workplace, fireplace, dace, suitcase, aerospace, deface, encase, staircase, typeface, in place, incase, steeplechase, glace, touch base, briefcase, cyberspace, anyplace, retrace, thrace, misplace, someplace, chace, take place, lovelace, outpace, shoelace, interlace, airspace, rat race, in case, boldface, coup de grace, rais, outer space, graisse, lactase, wace, birthplace, scarface, polymerase, mais, nace, diabase, in the first place, relational database, footrace, poker face, in any case, airbase, orthoclase, out of place, maltase, reed mace, diastase, knowledge base, reiterates, lower case, meeting place, pencil case, parallel interface, showplace, caisse, upper case, dnase, yacht race, second base, wheelbase, user interface, everyplace, fall into place.

Adjectives that are often used to describe trace:
slightest, little, last, least, lower, only, faint, single, upper, faintest, slight, horizontal, top, mere, bottom, visible, further, vertical, smallest, merest, typical, minute, middle, possible, permanent, dual, clear, distinct, lingering, seismic, earliest, continuous, perceptible, definite, axial, scarce, fuzzy, leaf, barest, intermediate, multiple, lasting, corresponding, primitive, ray, apparent, lowest, time, archaeological, ultra, visual, indelible, residual, partial, obvious, discernible, perceptual, written, circular.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective trace:
element, driven, class, elements, metal, based, level, gas, back, organic, command, evidencell, lyte, fossils, evidence, contour, data, deletion, flag, wilco, america, context, binding, metals, techtor, structure, route, quality, index, mat.

Consonant match to trace:
truss, truce, trice, tress, trass, trus, treece.

Words that sound like trace:
trace, truce, tress, truss, trays, trus, trice, tris, tross, triss, trece, treys, trass, treece, trouse, teris, taris, terrasse, tresse, torous, trousse, pteris, pterous, terreous, trasse, trees, tray, traits, tries, tracy, trey, teresa, tre, terse, theresa, tracey, traced, turks, tracer, trues, traipse, trea, treese, traci, tracie, trae, tace, tras, treas, trews, tros, troise, triz, troys, trapes, treacy, trais, tracor, troyes, terce, tracee, treize, traceur, trows, terrae, outrace, terts, terais, tirks, trace-p, dress, erase, dross, dres, dras, druce, dris, driss, drass, drays, dreys, durous, strauss, straus, strass, strasse, atreus, icterus, atrous, outros, ptis, -pterous, -trix, atroce, htra, outraze, ptero-, pthirus, ptrs, ptyas.