a just detectable amount
"he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
"a hint mockery in her manner"
"a tint of glamour"
either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
"The blacksmith tightened the leather traces to ensure they wouldn't chafe against the horse's shoulders while pulling the heavy cart."
a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
"The muddy driveway was covered in fresh traces of dog paws leading toward the backyard gate."
An act of tracing.
"After finishing her coffee, she picked up a pen to trace the rim of the mug while watching the rain streak down the window."
In plain English: A trace is a very small amount of something that remains after most of it has disappeared.
"The old map has lost most of its ink, leaving only a faint trace of the original route."
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"
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"
To follow the trail of.
"The detective spent hours tracing a suspect's movements through the crowded city streets."
In plain English: To trace something means to follow its path or history step by step until you find where it came from or where it is going.
"She used her phone to trace the location of the lost package."
A short form of the female given name Tracy or Tracey.
"My new coworker's name is Trace, which is a nickname for her friend Tracy."
The word "trace" comes from the Old French trace, which originally meant an outline or a track. It entered Middle English as a noun derived directly from this earlier form before evolving into its current usage in English.