(DRAW) [verb] [T] - to copy (a drawing, pattern, etc.) by drawing over its lines through a thin piece of transparent paperDid you draw this picture yourself, or did you trace it?She learnt to write her name by tracing out the letters. [M]To trace something is also to draw the outer lines of it.The child was tracing patterns in the sand with a stick.
TRACE
Meaning of TRACE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012