n. 25B6; verb
police hope to trace the owner of the jewellery : TRACK DOWN, find, discover, detect, unearth, turn up, hunt down, ferret out, run to ground.
she traced a pattern in the sand with her toe : DRAW, outline, mark.
the analysis traces out the consequences of such beliefs : OUTLINE, map out, sketch out, delineate, depict, show, indicate.
25B6; noun
no trace had been found of the missing plane : VESTIGE, sign, mark, indication, evidence, clue; remains, remnant, relic, survival.
a trace of bitterness crept into her voice : BIT, touch, hint, suggestion, suspicion, shadow, whiff; drop, dash, tinge, speck, shred, jot, iota; informal smidgen, tad.
the ground was hard and they left no traces : TRAIL, tracks, marks, prints, footprints; spoor.