traces

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of trace. Use this form when you mean more than one mark or leftover bit.

   The detectives found traces of mud near the back door.

   Faint traces of old paint still cling to the wall.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   Very small amounts of something that are left behind.

   Like the tiny crumbs left on a plate after the cake is gone.

   The water still had traces of rust in it.

   Doctors found traces of the drug in his blood.

   Similarremnants, vestiges, particles

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3. 3
   verb

   Third-person singular present of trace. Use this form after he, she, or it.

   She traces her family history back three hundred years.

   He traces the outline of the map with his finger.

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