ˈtrāt, usu -ād.+V; Brit usually ˈtrā noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, literally, pull, draft, from Latin tractus action of drawing, dragging, pulling, from tractus, past participle of trahere to draw, drag, pull — more at draw
1. : a stroke of or as of a pencil or brush : note , touch
2. : a facial line or feature : lineament
3. : a distinguishing quality (as of personal character) : feature , mark , peculiarity
possessed what I think is the rarer trait , great physical bravery — Gretchen Finletter
familiar traits of church life — W.L.Sperry
it is also a distinctly new medium with traits and features of its own — Milton Klonsky
4. : a characteristic of behavior or a typical artifact that distinguishes a human culture — called also culture trait