trace
/tɹeɪs/ noun B1- An act of tracing. · Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.
- 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 very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material. · There are traces of chocolate around your lips.· All of our chocolates may contain traces of nuts.
- A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- 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.
Plural traces
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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There was, however, no trace of exultation or satisfaction upon his face.
“Really?” answered Edmond, with a smile which had in it traces of slight uneasiness.
There was no sign or trace of his passenger, and I fear it will be some time before he gets his fare.
But don’t trouble to trace the mysterious gentleman upon the bicycle.
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