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trace

noun
  1. A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something: print, track, trail. See marks
  2. A mark or remnant that indicates the former presence of something: relic, remains, vestige. See leftover, marks
  3. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, whiff, whisper. Informal: whisker. See big, show
verb
  1. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting: track, trail. See marks, seek
  2. To pursue and locate: hunt down, nose out, run down, track down. Idiom: run to earth (or ground). See get
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