tracing
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈtreɪsɪŋ/
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- It says ABC letter tracing practice workbook for kids.
- manual tracings
- tracing letters
So this is my first time working with freehand tracing.
- So this is my first time working with freehand tracing.
- And having that there and being able to sort of use it as like a tracing paper.
- You know, if that means you're just doing like copying tracing, run and Stimpy drawings for six months, fine.
Examples
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Tracing paper!
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I don't like tracing anything with too many points or angles.
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I get out my tracing paper.
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I made this tracing from the original map.
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They'll take a photo of it, cover the photo with tracing paper, and draw the features.
Fiction book (1995) -
Antree had neatly lettered on a scrap of tracing paper.
Academic text (2008) -
When the paper is processed, prints are obtained with beautiful, precise, and orderly light tracings.
Academic text (1993) -
With the help of tracing paper, she created an accurate tracing of the ancient artifact.
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His tracing of the famous painting revealed the subtle details that were hard to see initially.
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The teacher showed the students how to make a tracing of their hands for the art project.
Synonyms
10
4.2
A drawing made by copying lines from another picture
3
3.6
A picture made only with lines that shows the shape of things without color or shading
2
6.7
A drawing that shows the outlines or shapes of things
Copying a drawing or design by tracing its lines
Lines that mark shape and direction, often in art or rocks
A simple drawing that shows the outer lines of an object like a face or building
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A part of a computer program that records the order of steps when it runs to help find bugs
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tracing comes from the same root tract meaning 'to draw' or 'to pull'. It originally meant 'drawing over' to copy lines, so tracing is the action or the copy you make by carefully following a picture's lines.