ALL meanings of traces
trace
T t - noun traces either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal. 1
- noun traces a piece in a machine, as a bar, transferring the movement of one part to another part, being hinged to each. 1
- verb with object traces to follow the footprints, track, or traces of. 1
- verb with object traces to follow, make out, or determine the course or line of, especially by going backward from the latest evidence, nearest existence, etc.: to trace one's ancestry to the Pilgrims. 1
- verb with object traces to follow (footprints, evidence, the history or course of something, etc.). 1
- verb with object traces to follow the course, development, or history of: to trace a political movement. 1
- verb with object traces to ascertain by investigation; find out; discover: The police were unable to trace his whereabouts. 1
- verb with object traces to draw (a line, outline, figure, etc.). 1
- verb with object traces to make a plan, diagram, or map of. 1
- verb with object traces to copy (a drawing, plan, etc.) by following the lines of the original on a superimposed transparent sheet. 1
- verb with object traces to mark or ornament with lines, figures, etc. 1
- verb with object traces to make an impression or imprinting of (a design, pattern, etc.). 1
- verb with object traces (of a self-registering instrument) to print in a curved, broken, or wavy-lined manner. 1
- verb with object traces to put down in writing. 1
- verb without object traces to go back in history, ancestry, or origin; date back in time: Her family traces back to Paul Revere. 1
- verb without object traces to follow a course, trail, etc.; make one's way. 1
- verb without object traces (of a self-registering instrument) to print a record in a curved, broken, or wavy-lined manner. 1
- idioms traces kick over the traces, to throw off restraint; become independent or defiant: He kicked over the traces and ran off to join the navy. 1