· follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"; "trace one's ancestry"

Synonym(s): follow

Hypernym(s): analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass

· make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

Synonym(s): draw, line, describe, delineate

Hypernym(s): mark

· to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

Synonym(s): retrace

Hypernym(s): return

· pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

Synonym(s): hound, hunt

Hypernym(s): chase, chase_after, trail, tail, tag, give_chase, dog, go_after, track

· discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"

Hypernym(s): detect, observe, find, discover, notice

· make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"

Hypernym(s): proceed, go_forward, continue

· copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"

Hypernym(s): copy, re-create

· read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

Synonym(s): decipher

Hypernym(s): read