trace

n

1. mark, sign, token, indication, remains, vestige; evidence, clue, intimation, key, Inf. lead.

2. touch, hint, suggestion, suspicion, soupcon, inkling; streak, shade, tinge, taint, tincture; dash, trifle, bit, jot, iota.

3. traces

footprints, prints, footmarks, footsteps; tracks, imprints, impressions.

4. track, wake, path, tail, train, queue; scent, whiff, spoor, Fr. piste; record, contrail, vapor trail.

5. sketch, drawing, tracing, delineation, rubbing; design, line drawing, cartoon; image, picture, copy, representation, reproduction, portrait; diagram, map, graph.

6. kick over the traces

defy, rebel, rise, rise up against, mutiny, disobey; throw off, kick off, thrust off, shuck off; riot, revolt, resist.

v

7. follow, track, trail, tail, shadow; course, give chase to, (in India) shikar, ride to hounds; stalk, hunt, chase, go after, Brit. chevy; dog, hound, tread on the heels of, come close on.

8. find out, discover, uncover, unearth, disclose, reveal; ascertain, determine, get, hit; seek out, search out, look for, lay one's hands on; turn up, dig up, root up; detect, come upon or across, run into, Inf spot.

9. draw, sketch, draft, outline; copy, reproduce, stencil, hatch; delineate, line, block out, rough out, chalk out, Archaic. limn; represent, depict, portray, figure; diagram, map, chart, graph.