Clues for the word "TRACE"

We've had 176 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 466 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on May 19, 2026.

Definition of trace

n. - One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
v. t. - A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.
v. t. - A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.
v. t. - A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.
v. t. - The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
v. t. - The ground plan of a work or works.
v. t. - To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
v. t. - To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.
v. t. - Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
v. t. - To copy; to imitate.
v. t. - To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
v. i. - To walk; to go; to travel.