to trace
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2.7
- verb
- /treɪs/
:
calcar
- To create a perfect copy, carefully trace the lines of the pattern with a fine pen.
Can't see past my own traced Turkey hand.
- Can't see past my own traced Turkey hand.
- I grabbed A ballpoint pen and I just traced over the whole signature just very neatly.
- It means to copy or trace which means that loanword is a calc and calc is a loanword.
- And then I've rolled flat another little piece of blue fondant and I cut out this little pine tree right for the middle and trace it out, cut it out.
Examples
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First, they would lightly trace, in pencil, their chosen quilting patterns onto the quilt top.
Fiction book (1992) -
With a ballpoint pen and straightedge, trace over the three dashed fold lines, pressing to score them.
Academic text (2007) -
We have red and yellow and trace out the shape starting with red.
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Here we go, and we're going to trace that shape.
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Now I can put in my next piece here and trace the outline.
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Ask the students to trace their hands and feet on a sheet of drawing paper.
Academic text (1997) -
I'm going to mark this out and trace it in with a pencil.
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So what I'm going to do is just trace that line from underneath.
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I began my studies by tracing the letters of the alphabet with my fingers.
Fiction book (1997) -
And when you've traced it, go blend upwards.
Synonyms
65
3.2
To draw the outer edge of something
33
4.9
To draw the outline of a shape or path on a surface
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
5
4.4
A very small amount of a metal or mineral the body needs to stay healthy
- Specialized
A way to find tiny amounts of explosives on bags using a cloth and a machine
- Specialized
A device that checks for tiny amounts of explosives at security checkpoints
- Specialized
A device that finds very small amounts of chemicals in air, water or on surfaces
- Specialized
A type of fortress design with many triangular outer walls that let defenders' guns cover each other
- Specialized
A tool that shows each step a computer program takes while it runs to find errors
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trace meaning to copy a picture comes from the same root trahere 'to pull' and the old sense of drawing lines. So to trace a design is to draw over the original lines to make a copy.