[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/trace.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / trace [← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/T/) # trace «trace» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to copy it by drawing over its lines through thin paper** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (trace, traces, traced, tracing); noun (a trace, traces) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To trace a picture is to copy it by drawing over its lines through thin paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#m1) 2) To trace something is to find where it came from or where it went by following signs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#m2) 3) A trace is a very small amount or mark left behind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#m3) 4) To trace a line or shape is to draw it or follow it with your finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#m4) ### sense in the lessons Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah the letters are gates, and each word is seen as a path traced through them. In Ezekiel, the prophet is told to trace a picture of Jerusalem on a tile, a sign of the coming siege. In the primary lessons: In art and handwriting lessons pupils trace letters and shapes. In science a trace of something is a tiny amount (trace elements, trace of blood). In stories detectives trace a phone call, a person or a clue; someone may vanish «without a trace». Phrases: trace back, trace over, trace paper, without a trace, keep track (not «keep trace»). ### examples - But Isaac Myer states that there are un- doubted traces of pointing in Hebrew MSS. of the second century. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x1) - In this way every word of the Hebrew language traces a path through the ‘gates’ from one letter to the next. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x2) - Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and trace upon it a city, even Jerusalem; (Prophets EZK.4.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x3) - Trace the map onto the thin paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x4) - Little children trace the dotted letters to learn to write. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x5) - The police traced the stolen bike to a shop in town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x6) - The boat disappeared without a trace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x7) - There was a trace of chocolate on his chin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x8) - Trace the path through the maze with your finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x9) - We traced our family back to Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x10) - The water had a trace of salt in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x11) - Not a trace of him was to be found! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/#x12) ### note Verb is regular (traced). Noun is countable (a trace, traces). «A trace of» means a very small amount, not none. Do not confuse with «track» (a path or footprints) — you «keep track», not «keep trace». Tracing a picture is copying; in a test of your own drawing it is not your own work. ### In the corpora - [An art teacher wants to see your own drawing, wobbly lines and all, not a traced copy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/11/) - [Trackways show some sauropods walked in groups, with young ones in the middle; footprints are trace fossils that show behaviour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/13/) - [The rule of the outdoors is «Leave no trace»: leave a place as you found it, or better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/239-litter-and-caring-for-nature/0/) - [Many schools are nut-free, because tiny traces of nut can harm a child with a severe allergy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/258-lunchroom-and-school-trips/5/) - [Real businesses never ask to be paid with gift cards; scammers like them because they cannot be traced or refunded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/19/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «trace» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trace/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.