trace

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. draw, sketch, delineate, copy; track, trail, follow, scent, detect; investigate; deduce. See inquiry, representation, indication. —n. course, path; track, footprint, trail; hint, shade, vestige. See indication, record, copy.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A very small quantity]

Syn. indication, fragment, dash, dab, sprinkling, tinge, nib, snick, pinch, taste, crumb, trifle, shred, drop, speck, shade, hint, shadow, nuance, iota, scintilla, particle, jot, suggestion, touch, tittle, suspicion, minimum, snippet, smidgen, smell, spot; see also bit 1 .

2. [A track]

Syn. evidence, trail, footprint; see mark 1 , proof 1 , track 2 .

• kick over the traces,

Syn. mutiny, revolt, break away, throw off restraint; see rebel 1 .

v.

1. [To track]

Syn. smell out, track down, run down, follow; see hunt 2 , pursue 1 , track 1 .

2. [To discover by investigation]

Syn. ascertain, determine, investigate; see discover .

3. [To draw]

Syn. sketch, outline, copy; see draw 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

touch, hint, tinge, suggestion, shade, suspicion, taste, whiff, vestige, evidence, pinch, breath, drop, speck.

II

v.

1. trail track, follow, search for, shadow.

2. ascertain dig up, root out, investigate, discover, unearth.

3. draw over duplicate, copy, sketch, delineate.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something: print, track, trail. See MARKS. 2. A mark or remnant that indicates the former presence of something: relic, remains, vestige. See LEFTOVER, MARKS. 3. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupgon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, whiff, whisper. Informal: whisker. See BIG, SHOW. II verb 1. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting: track, trail. See MARKS, SEEK. 2. To pursue and locate: hunt down, nose out, run down, track down. Idiom: run to earth (or ground). See GET.