All 30 Uses of
trace
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- Second problem: You're underage, which means you've still got the Trace on you.†
Chpt 4 (definition 3)
- "The Trace, the Trace!" said Mad-Eye impatiently.†
Chpt 4 (definition 3)
- "The Trace, the Trace!" said Mad-Eye impatiently.†
Chpt 4 (definition 3)
- We can't wait for the Trace to break, because the moment you turn seventeen you'll lose all the protection your mother gave you.†
Chpt 4 (definition 3)
- We're going to use the only means of transport left to us, the only ones the Trace can't detect, because we don't need to cast spells to use them: brooms, thestrals, and Hagrid's motorbike.†
Chpt 4 (definition 3)
- You've still got the Trace on you.†
Chpt 6 (definition 3)
- The Trace'll break on the thirty-first," said Harry.†
Chpt 6 (definition 3)
- "Yes, but we're still going to have to try and trace the real locket, aren't we?" said Hermione, "to find out whether or not it's destroyed."
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *trace = find
- Reveling in the removal of his Trace, Harry sent Ron's possessions flying around the room, causing Pigwidgeon to wake up and flutter excitedly around his cage.†
Chpt 7 (definition 3)
- You — you don't think you've still got your Trace on you, do you, Harry?†
Chpt 9 (definition 3)
- The Trace breaks at seventeen, that's Wizarding law, you can't put it on an adult.†
Chpt 9 (definition 3)
- Who's supposed to have put a Trace back on him?†
Chpt 9 (definition 3)
- If I've still got the Trace on me, we'll have whole crowds of them on us wherever else we go.†
Chpt 9 (definition 3)
- And you'd think, if Harry still had a Trace on him, they'd have followed us here.†
Chpt 9 (definition 3)
- The letter was an incredible treasure, proof that Lily Potter had lived, really lived, that her warm hand had once moved across this parchment, tracing ink into these letters, these words, words about him, Harry, her son.
Chpt 10 (definition 2) *tracing = drawing
- "We wondered," said Hermione tentatively, "whether Harry could still have the Trace on him?"†
Chpt 11 (definition 3)
- Apart from anything else, they'd know for sure Harry was here if he still had the Trace on him, wouldn't they?†
Chpt 11 (definition 3)
- Harry did not want to enter the village like a pantomime horse, trying to keep themselves concealed while magically covering their traces.
Chpt 16 (definition 3)traces = indications or small quantities
- Ron looked toward him, and Harry thought he saw a trace of scarlet in his eyes.
Chpt 19 (definition 3)trace = small quantity or indication
- "But then… do you mean…" said Hermione slowly, and Harry could tell that she was trying to keep any trace of skepticism out of her voice, "that you believe these objects — these Hallows — really exist?"
Chpt 21 (definition 3)
- The sky was now tinged with the faintest trace of pink.
Chpt 21 (definition 3) *
- The Elder Wand is the Hallow that is most easily traced, because of the way in which it passes from hand to hand.
Chpt 21 (definition 1)traced = found, sought, or researched
- Yes, it is perfectly possible to trace the wand's course through history.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)trace = find, search, or research
- Could he know, had he already acted, had he traced more of them?
Chpt 27 (definition 1)traced = found, sought, or researched
- No one had ever known him to be related to the Gaunts, he had hidden the connection, the killings had never been traced to him.
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- Nobody's ever found a trace of it, have they?
Chpt 29 (definition 3)trace = small quantity or indication
- An object that had been lost this long, and apparently without trace, did not seem like a good candidate for the Horcrux hidden in the castle …
Chpt 29 (definition 3)
- Harry could not see a trace of Malfoy, Crabbe, or Goyle anywhere.
Chpt 31 (definition 3)
- There was the faintest trace of longing in his voice as he looked at the Elder Wand.
Chpt 36 (definition 3)
- The last trace of steam evaporated in the autumn air.
Chpt Epil. (definition 3)
Definitions:
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(1) (trace as in: trace the origin or development) to find, search, research, or keep track ofThis sense of trace usually has to do with information. It's specific meaning depends on its context. For example:
to find or search for something through investigation -- often the origin of something:
- "The police traced the call." -- found out where it originated
- "We are tracing the lost luggage" -- searching for
- "Can you trace the problem to its source?" -- find through investigation
- "She traced her family history to discover that her great-grandmother came to the United States from Lithuania when the Nazis occupied it." -- discovered something through investigation
to research or report on the development of something
- "She traced the history of the automobile in her paper." -- researched the development of something
- "Her presentation traced recent progress in alternative energy solutions." -- reported on
to monitor or keep track of the progress or development of something
- "She traces the progress of at-risk students." -- monitors information
- "I used binoculars to trace her progress up the mountain." -- monitor, follow, or track
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(2) (trace as in: trace a picture or outline) copy the lines of an image; or draw an outline; or carefully draw a specific patternThis sense of trace has to do with drawing, but it's specific meaning depends on its context. For example:
copying the outline of an image
- "She used tracing paper to make a copy." -- paper you can see through, so that when it is placed on a picture, you can use a pencil to follow the lines of the image being copied
- "She projected the image onto the wall, hung a sheet of paper there, and traced the projected image onto the paper." -- followed the lines with her pencil
draw an outline or a specific pattern
- "She used her toe to trace half the fish symbol in the sand." -- draw a simple outline
- "The child used a stick to trace circles and swirls in the mud." -- draw
- "She used her finger to trace his name in the sand." -- draw
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(3) (trace as in: found a trace of) a small quantity; or any indication or evidence ofThe exact meaning of this sense of trace depends upon its context. For example:
- a small indication that something was present -- as in "The plane disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean without leaving a trace."
- a very small amount of something -- as in "The blood test showed a trace of steroids."
- any evidence of something -- as in "We did not find a trace of the gene."