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toy n. 1 plaything: Whenever he visited, Uncle Jed brought toys
for the children. 2 trifle, trinket, bauble, gewgaw, gimcrack,
knick-knack, bagatelle, kickshaw, bit of frippery: After
marrying her, he treated her as a rich man's toy.
--v. 3 Usually, toy with. trifle (with), dally (with), play
(with), sport (with), fool (with), fiddle (with), tinker (with):
He kept toying with his watch chain. 4 Usually, toy with. flirt
(with), dally (with), dilly-dally (with), play (with), deal with
carelessly, amuse oneself with: The cad was only toying with
her affections.
--adj. 5 miniature, tiny, diminutive, small, dwarf: She breeds
toy poodles. 6 imitation, fake, phoney or US also phony,
simulated, artificial: This is only a toy watch and doesn't
work.
20.6 trace...
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trace n. 1 hint, intimation, sign, token, suggestion, touch, vestige,
indication, mark, record, evidence, clue: There wasn't any
trace of the intruders. 2 bit, spot, speck, jot, drop, dash,
suspicion, remnant, tinge, soup‡on, iota, whiff, suggestion,
trifle: The traces of mud on the suspect's shoes proved he had
been there. 3 Often, traces. track(s), trail, spoor,
footprint(s), print(s), footmark(s): They were following the
traces of a buffalo.
--v. 4 dog, pursue, follow (in the footsteps of), stalk, track
(down), shadow, trail, Colloq tail: We traced him to a seedy
hotel in Caracas. 5 investigate, discover, ascertain, detect,
determine, find, seek, search for, hunt down or up, unearth,
track: Have you traced her whereabouts? I am able to trace my
ancestry back to the time of the First Crusade. 6 delineate,
outline, copy, draw, map, chart, mark (out), record, reproduce,
sketch: We traced Marco Polo's route to China and back.
track n. 1 line, rail(s), way, railway, US railroad: New track was
laid between London and Manchester. 2 path, trail, route,
footpath, course, road, street, alley: A rough track leads over