Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - trace
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1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a observe, discover, or find vestiges or signs of by investigation. b (often foll. by along, through, to, etc.) follow or mark the track or position of (traced their footprints in the mud; traced the outlines of a wall). c (often foll. by back) follow to its origins (can trace my family to the 12th century; the report has been traced back to you). 2 (often foll. by over) copy (a drawing etc.) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of translucent paper, or by using carbon paper. 3 (often foll. by out) mark out, delineate, sketch, or write esp. laboriously (traced out a plan of the district; traced out his vision of the future). 4 pursue one's way along (a path etc.). --n. 1 a a sign or mark or other indication of something having existed; a vestige (no trace remains of the castle; has the traces of a vanished beauty). b a very small quantity. c an amount of rainfall etc. too small to be measured. 2 a track or footprint left by a person or animal. 3 a track left by the moving pen of an instrument etc. 4 a line on the screen of a cathode-ray tube showing the path of a moving spot. 5 a curve's projection on or intersection with a plane etc. 6 a change in the brain caused by learning processes. Phrases and idioms trace element 1 a chemical element occurring in minute amounts. 2 a chemical element required only in minute amounts by living organisms for normal growth. trace fossil a fossil that represents a burrow, footprint, etc., of an organism. Derivatives traceable adj. traceability n. traceless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF trace (n.), tracier (v.) f. L tractus drawing: see TRACT(1) 2. n. each of the two side-straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse draws a vehicle. Phrases and idioms kick over the traces become insubordinate or reckless. trace-horse a horse that draws in traces or by a single trace, esp. one hitched on to help uphill etc. Etymology: ME f. OF trais, pl. of TRAIT
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from ~r to ~ Date: 14th century a course or path that one follows, 2. a mark or line left by something that has passed, a path, trail, or road made by the passage of animals, people, or vehicles, 3. a sign or evidence of some past thing ; vestige, engram, something (as a line) ~d or drawn: as, the marking made by a recording instrument (as a seismograph or kymograph), the ground plan of a military installation or position either on a map or on the ground, 5. the intersection of a line or plane with a plane, the usually bright line or spot that moves across the screen of a cathode-ray tube, 6. a minute and often barely detectable amount or indication , an amount of a chemical constituent not always quantitatively determinable because of minuteness, ~less adjective Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb (~d; tracing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from Vulgar Latin *tractiare to drag, from Latin tractus, past participle of trahere to pull Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. delineate, sketch, to form (as letters or figures) carefully or painstakingly, to copy (as a drawing) by following the lines or letters as seen through a transparent superimposed sheet, to impress or imprint (as a design or pattern) with a ~r, to record a tracing of in the form of a curved, wavy, or broken line , to adorn with linear ornamentation (as ~ry or chasing), to travel over ; traverse, 3. to follow the footprints, track, or trail of, to follow or study out in detail or step by step , to discover by going backward over the evidence step by step , to discover signs, evidence, or remains of, to lay out the ~ of (a military installation), intransitive verb to make one's way, to be ~able historically, ~ability noun ~able adjective III. noun see: trait Date: 14th century either of two straps, chains, or lines of a harness for attaching a draft animal to something (as a vehicle) to be drawn, leader 1e(2), one or more vascular bundles supplying a leaf or twig ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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