Crossword-Solution: RETRACE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Retrace | v. t. | To trace back, as a line. |
| Retrace | v. t. | To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings. |
| Retrace | v. t. | To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RETRACE | anagram | CATERER, CERATER, ECARTER, REACTER, RECRATE, TERRACE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEEAR
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Sentences with RETRACE (5)
Why did she not with unearthly screams, that would re-echo from one end of the lonely beach to the other, send out a warning to him to desist, to retrace his steps, for death lurked here whilst he advanced? Once or twice the screams rose to her throat—as if by instinct: then, before her eyes there stood the awful alternative: her brother and those three men shot before her eyes, practically by her orders: she their murderer.
Scarce had he realized the truth than he had started to retrace his steps toward Lothar, but now he moved at a trot, the Earthly thews that he had inherited from his father carrying him swiftly over the soft carpet of fallen leaves and rank grass.
When Jane turned to retrace her steps homeward, she was alarmed to note how near the smoke of the forest fire seemed, and as she hastened onward her alarm became almost a panic when she perceived that the rushing flames were rapidly forcing their way between herself and the cottage.
Gernois had taken perhaps three steps down the stairway when he halted and half turned, as though to retrace his steps.
Therefore I have told you this that you might not waste your time in a long journey if you expected to meet your husband at the end of it; but instead could turn and retrace your steps to the coast.” Jane thanked M’ganwazam for his kindness, though her heart was numb with suffering at this new blow.
Quotes with RETRACE (3)
Metaphysics, a completely isolated and speculative branch of rational knowledge which is raised above all teachings of experience and rests on concepts only (not, like mathematics, on their application to intuition), in which reason therefore is meant to be its own pupil, has hitherto not had the good fortune to enter upon the secure path of a science, although it is older than all other sciences, and would survive even if all the rest were swallowed up in the abyss of an all…
If you are ever feeling lost or unsure of what to do, you can simply retrace the path that brought you there to begin with. Have you ever misplaced something only to find it in short order when you “retraced your steps?” Whether it is an idea, a conversation, or an object, retracing may help you get back on point to re-fortify your position.
In the bazaar today I noticed a shopkeeper sitting cross-legged on the platform of his shop making up his ledger. A common sight - but there was something wrong, I could not at first see what. Then I understood: what was his heavy ledge resting on? It was lying open before him, on his stomach, but unsupported by his free hand, not resting against his knees. What on earth was propping it up? The problem teased my mind so much that I had to retrace my steps for another look. Th…
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Appears in: Chronicle, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 24 times in crossword archives (1943–2022).