traced
Drew over original
Traced is the past tense of trace, covering its various meanings.
To trace is to follow or discover something's path or origin: Police traced the call to a payphone downtown.
It also means to copy by following lines visible through thin paper: She traced the map onto tracing paper.
A traced outline or pattern has been drawn this way.
Something traced back to a source has its origins discovered there: The outbreak was traced to contaminated lettuce.
Came behind another
- shadowedFollowed covertly
- trackedFollowed the course of
- monitoredObserved systematically over time
- tailedFollowed in secret
watched · observed · surveilled · stalked · pursued · hunted · spied · stakeout
Followed the course of
- followedCame behind another
- locatedFound the position of
- foundDiscovered or established
- discoveredFound something previously unknown
uncovered · detective · sleuth · clues · evidence · forensics · leads · trail
Came behind another
- routePath from A to B
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- coursePlanned path forward
- journeyTravel from place to place
footsteps · trail · track · mapped · charted · navigated · steps · traveled
followed
Came behind another
tailed · watched · observed · surveilled · stalked · pursued · hunted · spied · stakeout · whereabouts
tracked
Followed the course of
discovered · uncovered · detective · sleuth · clues · evidence · forensics · leads · trail · footsteps
followed
Came behind another
- routePath from A to B
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- coursePlanned path forward
journey · footsteps · trail · track · mapped · charted · navigated · steps · traveled · walked
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
charcoal · stencil · template · transfer · overlay · copy · duplicate · reproduction · linework · carbon paper
ancestry
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
roots · family tree · descended · origins · forebears · lineage · pedigree · heredity · generations · ancestors
tracedfreehand
Drawn without mechanical aids
original · improvised · invented · created · composed
tracedlost
Unable to navigate
untraced · ignored · overlooked · abandoned · neglected
traceduntraced
Not yet followed back
untraceable · undocumented · unsourced · unverified · anonymous
- without a traceDisappeared leaving no sign
- trace mineralsEssential elements in tiny amounts
- contact tracingTracking disease spread connections
- tracing paperTranslucent medium for copying
- no trace
- leaves no traceDeparts without evidence
trace, traces, tracing, retrace, traceable, tracer, retracing, retraced, untraceable