All 20 Uses of

trace
in
Dracula

I could find no trace of them anywhere.
p. 51.5 *

trace = indication

Last night one of my post-dated letters went to post, the first of that fatal series which is to blot out the very traces of my existence from the earth.
p. 54.6

traces = indications or small quantities

If there be anything behind this instinct it will be valuable to trace it afterwards accurately, so I...
p. 69.1 *

trace = follow (by research)

No trace has ever been found of the great dog, at which there is much mourning, for, with public opinion in its present state, he would, I believe, be adopted by the town.
p. 96.5

trace = small quantity or indication

The traces of such an illness as his do not lightly die away.
p. 110.5

traces = indications or small quantities

Then I caught the patient's eye and followed it, but could trace nothing as it looked into the moonlight sky, except a big bat, which was flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west.
p. 119.2

trace = find, search, or research

The Professor has a strongly humorous side, and I could from old knowledge detect a trace of its origin in his answer.
p. 131.9

All Lucy's loveliness had come back to her in death, and the hours that had passed, instead of leaving traces of 'decay's effacing fingers', had but restored the beauty of life, till positively I could not believe my eyes that I was looking at a corpse.
p. 175.9

traces = indications or small quantities

It was begun after you had left, and was an imitation of you, and in that diary she traces by inference certain things to a sleep-walking in which she puts down that you saved her.
p. 195.5

traces = finds, searches, or researches

Only ten days ago a wolf got out, and was, I believe, traced up in this direction.
p. 208.9

traced = found, sought, or researched

True that there were there, as we had seen them in life, the traces of care and pain and waste.
p. 231.6

traces = indications or small quantities

It was now my object to trace that horrid cargo of the Count's to its place in London.
p. 241.3

trace = find, search, or research

If the latter, we must trace ….
p. 257.3

We must trace each of these boxes, and when we are ready, we must either capture or kill this monster in his lair, or we must, so to speak, sterilize the earth, so that no more he can seek safety in it.
p. 257.8

We now know of twenty-one boxes having been removed, and if it be that several were taken in any of these removals we may be able to trace them all.
p. 271.5

I looked into Renfield's room, but there was no trace there except ….
p. 304.3

trace = small quantity or indication

For now that he think he is free from every trace of us all, and that he has escaped us with so many hours to him, then his selfish child brain will whisper him to sleep.
p. 364.6

When this was done, and he knew that all was in train, he blotted out his traces, as he thought, by murdering his agent.
p. 375.6

traces = indications or small quantities

We could trace it through the drifted snow.
p. 396.5

trace = find, search, or research

Every trace of all that had been was blotted out.
p. 402.4

trace = small quantity or indication

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(1) (trace as in: found a trace of)
a small quantity; or any indication or evidence of
The 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."
(2) (trace as in: trace the origin or development)
to find, search, research, or keep track of
This 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
(3) (trace as in: trace a picture or outline)
copy the lines of an image; or draw an outline; or carefully draw a specific pattern
This 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
(4) (trace as in: traced a path)
to follow
The exact meaning of this sense of trace depends upon its context. For example:
- "The hunters traced the deer into the woods." -- followed or tracked
- "With soft kisses, she gently traced the scar running down his cheek." -- followed
- "The path traces along the edge of the forest." -- follows
- "A single tear traced its way down her cheek." -- followed a specific path
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

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