trace
An act of tracing.
Example
“Your cell phone company can put a trace on your line.”
Other meanings
An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "trace" (an outline, track, trace).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “trace” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.