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Definition of 'trail'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) trail
to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.

2.  trail
to bring or have floating after itself or oneself:
a racing car trailing clouds of dust.

3.  trail
to follow the track, trail, or scent of; track.

4.  trail
to follow along behind (another), as in a race.

5. (v.i.) trail
to be drawn or dragged along the ground or some other surface:
The bridal gown trailed across the floor.

6.  trail
to hang down loosely from something.

7.  trail
to stream from or float after something moving, as dust, smoke, and sparks do.

8.  trail
to follow as if drawn along.

9.  trail
to go slowly, lazily, or wearily along.

10.  trail
to pass or extend in a straggling line.

11.  trail
to change gradually or wander from a course, so as to become weak, ineffectual, etc. (usu. fol. by off or away):
Her voice trailed off into silence.

12.  trail
to arrive or be last.

13.  trail
to be losing in a contest.

14.  trail
to follow a track or scent, as of game.

15.  trail
(of a plant) to extend itself in growth along the ground rather than taking root or clinging by tendrils, etc.

16. (n.) trail
a path or track made in overgrown or rough terrain by the passage of people or animals.

17.  trail
the track, scent, or the like, left by an animal, person, or thing.

18.  trail
something that is trailed or that trails behind, as the train of a skirt or robe.

19.  trail
a stream of dust, smoke, light, people, vehicles, etc., behind something moving.

20.  trail
either of two rearward-facing parts of an artillery piece, spread out on the ground for support when the piece is fired.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME: to draw or drag in the rear; cf. OE træglian to tear off, c. MD traghelen to drag)

Definition of 'trail'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) trail
a track or mark left by something that has passed
"there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"

2. (noun) trail
a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

3. (verb) lead, track, trail
evidence pointing to a possible solution
"the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

4. (verb) drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

5. (verb) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
go after with the intent to catch
"The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

6. (verb) trail, shack
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
"John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

7. (verb) trail
hang down so as to drag along the ground
"The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"

8. (verb) trail, train
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
"The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

Definition of 'trail'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) trail
a path in the woods, mountains, etc. for walking or climbing
a mountain trail; a hiking trail

2. trail
marks left by a person or animal as it moves
They followed the wild boar trail.

3. (verb) trail
to follow sb
Police are trailing the suspects.; a group of kids trailing along behind their mothers

4. trail
to pull or be pulled along behind
a boy trailing his scarf along the floor; a boat with a rope trailing behind it

Definition of 'trail'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) trail
a track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail

2. (noun) trail
a footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains

3. (noun) trail
anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke

4. (noun) trail
anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train

5. (noun) trail
anything drawn along, as a vehicle

6. (noun) trail
a frame for trailing plants; a trellis

7. (noun) trail
the entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep

8. (noun) trail
that part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun

9. (noun) trail
the act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition

10. (verb) trail
to hunt by the track; to track

11. (verb) trail
to draw or drag, as along the ground

12. (verb) trail
to carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle

13. (verb) trail
to tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat

14. (verb) trail
to take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon

15. (verb) trail
to be drawn out in length; to follow after

16. (verb) trail
to grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb

Translation of 'trail'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to drag, or be dragged, along loosely Garments were trailing from the suitcase.
Afrikaans: uithang	Arabic: ينْجَر، يَتَجَرْجَر	Bulgarian: влача
Brazilian: espalhar-se	Czech: courat se	German: herunterhängen
Danish: slæbe	Greek: σέρνω, σέρνομαι	Spanish: arrastrar
Estonian: lohistama, lohisema	Farsi: کشیدن؛ کشیده شدن	Finnish: laahata
French: traîner	Hebrew: לִגרוֹר	Hindi: पीछे पीछे घिसटना
Croatian: povlačiti za sobom, povla	Hungarian: maga után húz vmit	Indonesian: menyeret
Icelandic: draga(st) (á eftir)	Italian: pendere, penzolare	Japanese: 引きずる
Korean: 끌리다	Lithuanian: vilktis	Latvian: vilkt/vilkties (pa zemi)
Malay: meleret	Dutch: slepen	Norwegian: trekke etter seg, slepe
Polish: wlec się	Persian: کشیدن؛ کشیده شدن	Pashto: ویستل، ویستل کیدل
Portuguese: espalhar-se	Romanian: a atârna	Russian: волочить(ся)
Slovak: visieť; ťahať (za sebou)	Slovenian: razmetati	Serbian: visiti
Swedish: släpa	Thai: ดึง; ถูกดึง	Turkish: peşinden sürükle(n)mek
Taiwanese: 拖	Ukrainian: волочити(ся), тягти(ся)	Urdu: پيچھے چلنا، گھسٹ کر چلنا
Vietnamese: kéo	Chinese: 拖
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