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trace

noun: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

noun: an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

noun: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

noun: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

noun: either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

noun: 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; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"

verb: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

verb: to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

verb: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

verb: discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"

verb: make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"

verb: copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"

verb: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"