Unscramble tracing

Definition of tracing

noun:

• the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline.
• a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image. Synonyms: trace.
• the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies".

verb:

• follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba", "trace the student's progress". Synonyms: follow, trace.
• make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line", "trace the outline of a figure in the sand". Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, line, trace.
• to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer", "trace your path". Synonyms: retrace, trace.
• pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods", "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him". Synonyms: hound, hunt, trace.
• discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth". Synonyms: trace.
• make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest", "The women traced the pasture". Synonyms: trace.
• copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design", "trace a pattern". Synonyms: trace.
• read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?", "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs". Synonyms: decipher, trace.

Related words

circumscribe, construct, ferret, inscribe, write.

Words nearby

bracing, racing, tracking, trading.

Rhymes with

bracing, casing, debasing, embracing, facing, pacing, racing, replacing, spacing.