usage: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
2. trace, draw, line, describe, delineate, mark
usage: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
3. trace, retrace, return
usage: to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
4. hound, hunt, trace, chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
usage: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
5. trace, detect, observe, find, discover, notice
usage: discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
6. trace, proceed, go forward, continue
usage: 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"
7. trace, copy, re-create
usage: 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"
8. decipher, trace, read
usage: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"