different between trace vs drag
trace
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?e?s/, [t??e?s]
- Rhymes: -e?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).
Noun
trace (countable and uncountable, plural traces)
- An act of tracing.
- 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.
- A residue of some substance or material.
- A very small amount.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
Synonyms
- (mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal): track, trail
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Derived terms
- downtrace, uptrace
- without trace, without a trace
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English tracen, from Old French tracer, trasser (“to delineate, score, trace", also, "to follow, pursue”), probably a conflation of Vulgar Latin *tracti? (“to delineate, score, trace”), from Latin trahere (“to draw”); and Old French traquer (“to chase, hunt, pursue”), from trac (“a track, trace”), from Middle Dutch treck, treke (“a drawing, draft, delineation, feature, expedition”). More at track.
Verb
trace (third-person singular simple present traces, present participle tracing, simple past and past participle traced)
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)
- To follow the history of.
- 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth
- You may trace the deluge quite round the globe.
- 1684, Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- He carefully traced the outlines of the old building before him.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
- (transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.
- 1647, John Denham, To Sir Richard Fanshaw
- That servile path thou nobly dost decline, / Of tracing word by word, and line by line.
- 1647, John Denham, To Sir Richard Fanshaw
- (intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
- (transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
Related terms
- tracing
Translations
Anagrams
- Carte, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct
French
Etymology
From the verb tracer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?as/
- Rhymes: -as
Noun
trace f (plural traces)
- trace
- track
- (mathematics) trace
Derived terms
- trace de freinage
Verb
trace
- first-person singular present indicative of tracer
- third-person singular present indicative of tracer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tracer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of tracer
- second-person singular imperative of tracer
Further reading
- “trace” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- caret, carte, créât, écart, terça
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tra.t??e/
- Hyphenation: trà?ce
Etymology 1
From Latin thr?cem, accusative form of thr?x, from Ancient Greek ???? (Thrâix).
Adjective
trace (plural traci)
- (literary) Thracian
Noun
trace m (plural traci)
- (historical) A person from or an inhabitant of Thrace.
- Synonym: tracio
trace m (uncountable)
- The Thracian language.
Related terms
- tracio
- Tracia
Etymology 2
From Latin thraecem, accusative form of thraex, from Ancient Greek ???? (Thrâix).
Noun
trace m (plural traci)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A gladiator bearing Thracian equipment.
Anagrams
- carte, certa, cetra
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French trace, from tracer, tracier.
Alternative forms
- traas, trase
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tra?s(?)/
Noun
trace (plural traces) (mostly Late ME)
- A trail, track or road; a pathway or route:
- An track that isn't demarcated; an informal pathway.
- A trace; a trail of evidence left of something's presence.
- One's lifepath or decisions; one's chosen actions.
- Stepping or movement of feet, especially during dancing.
- (rare, heraldry) A straight mark.
Derived terms
- tracen
- tracyng
Descendants
- English: trace
- Scots: trace
References
- “tr?ce, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.
Etymology 2
Verb
trace
- Alternative form of tracen
Old French
Etymology
From the verb tracier, tracer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tra.t?s?/
Noun
trace f (oblique plural traces, nominative singular trace, nominative plural traces)
- trace (markings showing where one has been)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: trace
- English: trace
- French: trace
Spanish
Verb
trace
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of trazar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of trazar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of trazar.
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drag
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?æ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *dragan? (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reg?- (“to draw, drag”). Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.
Noun
drag (countable and uncountable, plural drags)
- (physics, uncountable) Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- (by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
- (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
- (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- December 24, 1865, James David Forbes, letter to Dr. Symonds
- My lectures […] were only a pleasure to me, and no drag.
- December 24, 1865, James David Forbes, letter to Dr. Symonds
- (countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats. [from mid-18th c.]
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- Alcee Arobin and Mrs. Highcamp called for her one bright afternoon in Arobin's drag.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- (countable, slang) Street, as in 'main drag'. [from mid-19th c.]
- (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
- (countable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
- A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
- A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
- (metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
- (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
- (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
- Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
- A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
- Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
- c. 1800, William Hazlitt, My First Acquaintance with Poets
- Had a drag in his walk.
- c. 1800, William Hazlitt, My First Acquaintance with Poets
- Witch house music. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- The last position in a line of hikers.
- (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
- A device for guiding wood to the saw.
- (historical) A mailcoach.
- (slang) A prison sentence of three months
- 1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England
- The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.
- 1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
drag (third-person singular simple present drags, present participle dragging, simple past and past participle dragged or (dialectal) drug)
- (transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
- a. 1732', John Gay, epistle to a Lady
- Long, open panegyric drags at best.
- a. 1732', John Gay, epistle to a Lady
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
- have dragged a lingering life
- To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
- 1883, William Clark Russell, Sailor’s Language:A collection of Sea-terms and Their Definitions
- A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her.
- 1883, William Clark Russell, Sailor’s Language:A collection of Sea-terms and Their Definitions
- (computing) To operate a mouse or similar device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
- (chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
- (soccer) To hit or kick off target.
- 2012, David Ornstein, BBC Sport, "Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham" [2], November 17
- Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.
- 2012, David Ornstein, BBC Sport, "Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham" [2], November 17
- To fish with a dragnet.
- To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
- To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
- Synonym: harrow
- (figuratively) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
- while I dragged my brains for such a song
- (slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
- Synonyms: criticize; see also Thesaurus:criticize
Derived terms
- drag and drop
- drag one's feet
- draggle
- dragline
- updrag
- what the cat dragged in
Related terms
- dragnet
Translations
See also
- (call attention to the flaws of): read
Etymology 2
Possibly from English drag (“to pull along a surface”) because of the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor, or from Yiddish ??????? (trogn, “to wear”)
Noun
drag (usually uncountable, plural drags)
- (uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment. [from late 19th c.]
- (uncountable, slang, by analogy) Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
- (countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing. [from early 20th c.]
- (uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
Derived terms
- (women's clothing worn by men): drag daughter, drag king, drag queen, drag show
- (any type of clothing): lally-drags
- drab
Translations
Verb
drag (third-person singular simple present drags, present participle dragging, simple past and past participle dragged)
- To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
References
- Flight, 1913, p. 126 attributing to Archibald Low
- Michael Quinion (2004) , “Drag”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Gard, Grad, darg, gard, grad
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb dra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dr???/
Noun
drag n (definite singular draget, indefinite plural drag, definite plural draga)
- a pull, drag (the act of pulling, dragging)
- Han tok eit drag av sigaretten.
- He took a drag from his cigarette.
- Han tok eit drag av sigaretten.
- hang (capability)
- Eg tek til å få draget på dette.
- I am starting to get the hang of this.
- Eg tek til å få draget på dette.
- feature (e.g. facial features)
Derived terms
- vinddrag
References
- “drag” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English drug.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drak/
Noun
drag m inan
- (slang) drug, recreational drug
- Synonym: narkotyk
Declension
Further reading
- drag in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- drag in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from Bulgarian ???? (drag), from Proto-Slavic *dorg?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dra?]
Adjective
drag m or n (feminine singular drag?, masculine plural dragi, feminine and neuter plural drage)
- dear
Usage notes
This word can be used as a term of address, in the same way as "dear", "honey", and "sweetie" are used in English.
Declension
Derived terms
- dragoste
- dr?g?la?
- dr?gu?
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dorg?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drâ??/
Adjective
dr?g (definite dr?g?, comparative dr?ž?, Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- dear
Declension
Related terms
- dražestan
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dorg?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drá?k/
Adjective
dr?g (comparative dr?žji, superlative n?jdr?žji)
- dear (loved; lovable)
- expensive
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “drag”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
drag n
- feature, trait, characteristic
- lure, trolling spoon
- (chess) move, stroke
Declension
See also
- dra
Verb
drag
- imperative of draga.
Anagrams
- grad
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