find or discover by investigation."police are trying to trace a white van seen in the area"<span>synonyms:<span>track down, find, discover, detect, unearth, turn up, hunt down, ferret out"police hope to trace the owner of the vehicle"</span></span><span />2.
copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper.<span>synonyms:<span>outline, map out, follow, sketch out, delineate, depict, show, indicate"the analysis traces the origins of cowboy poetry"</span></span><span /></span> noun <span>1.a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something."remove all traces of the old adhesive"<span>synonyms:<span>vestige, sign, mark, indication, evidence, clue; <span>More</span></span></span><span />2.a very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured."his body contained traces of amphetamines"</span>
