Definitions for tracing
The noun tracing has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
(the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline)
(a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image)
(the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies")
The verb trace has 8 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
(follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress")
(make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand")
(to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path")
(pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him")
(discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth")
(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")
(read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs")
