All 24 Uses of
trace
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- Creamy white vernix whorled in her delicate skin, and she was slippery with amniotic fluid and traces of blood.
p. 16..7 (definition 1)traces = indications or small quantities
- He wanted to reach out and trace the delicate curved bones of her ribs; he wanted to kiss her at the point the bones met, stretching away like wings.
p. 114..4 (definition 2) *trace = track or follow (with his finger)
- David traced the light-filled image with his fingertips.
p. 152..9 (definition 2)traced = followed
- Paul traced his finger along the edge of the cast.
p. 155..2 (definition 2)
- Doro was leaving on a year-long cruise around the world with her lover, a man named Trace.†
p. 223..4 (definition 1)
- Trace was just behind her, carrying a bag of ice.†
p. 223..6 (definition 1)
- Trace had been an Olympic swimmer once, had almost won a bronze medal, and he thought nothing, still, of diving into the Monongahela and swimming to the opposite shore.†
p. 223..7 (definition 1)
- Trace was kind and good to Doro, who clearly adored him, and if he seemed aloof to Caroline, a bit distant and reserved, it really wasn't any of her business.†
p. 223..9 (definition 1)
- "Al's like those old mariners," Trace said, putting the ice on the table.†
p. 224..1 (definition 1)
- For me and Trace.†
p. 224..7 (definition 1)
- Trace, wind pushing his gray hair into his face, cupped a match in his hand, trying to light the candles.†
p. 225..2 (definition 1)
- Doro and Trace lingered after the last guests had left, carrying trays of cups and leftover cake, vases of flowers, putting tables and chairs away in the garage.†
p. 225..5 (definition 1)
- She nodded to the house where Al and Trace were working in the bright kitchen, scraping plates.†
p. 225..8 (definition 1)
- The screen door swung open and Trace stepped out.†
p. 226..4 (definition 1)
- Headlights poured down the hill, and then the rental car was slowing and Trace's long arm was lifting in a wave.†
p. 226..8 (definition 1)
- If they come back, she and Trace will get a condo or something.†
p. 227..9 (definition 1)
- What it'll be like for us when we retire, like Doro and Trace."†
p. 229..3 (definition 1)
- He thought of Norah, who had become a self-sufficient and powerful woman, who courted corporate accounts with glittery assurance and came in from dinners smelling of wine and rain, traces of laughter, triumph, and success still on her face.
p. 258..5 (definition 1)traces = indications or small quantities
- Then Sam had traced the shaft of variegated light on her thigh with his finger, and slowly she'd felt her own sharp edges begin to soften, to blur, her emotions bleeding one into another in mysterious sequence, from darkest indigo to gold, reluctance transforming, mysteriously, to desire.
p. 294..3 (definition 2)traced = followed
- The car he'd stolen had been found deserted on a side street in Louisville last night, but there had been no trace of Paul.
p. 294..7 (definition 1) *trace = indication or sign
- He was a sturdy boy, five years old now, cheerful and good-natured, with dark brown eyes and traces of red in his blond hair.
p. 309..6 (definition 1)traces = indications or small quantities
- Trace sprained his ankle in Paris.†
p. 349..0 (definition 1)
- Veins, pale blue, traced just below the surface of her skin.
p. 399..0 (definition 2)traced = followed
- Phoebe traced her fingers over the names and dates engraved in the dark granite.
p. 399..9 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (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."
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(2) (trace as in: traced a path) to followThe 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