A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
The ground plan of a work or works.
The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
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.
A residue of some substance or material.
An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
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.
An act of tracing.
A very small amount.
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.
An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
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.
To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
To follow the trail of.
To follow the history of.
To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
A flag used as a signal.
A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
The name of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
A slight attack or touch.
A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
From the batter's perspective: a strike.
An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
Having a strong or unpleasant odour.
To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
To smell; to sniff.
To fail spectacularly.
In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
Used to indicate a sound like that of air passing through a small opening, that is, a short or soft whistle.