retrace
noun
1. (television) The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.
verb
1. to go back over again
- we retraced the route we took last summer
Similar word(s): trace
Definition categories: motion, return
2. reassemble mentally
Similar word(s): construct, reconstruct
Definition categories: cognition, conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize
Sentences with retrace as a verb:
- He retraced his steps, and found his keys where he had dropped them.