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trail·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trailing, trackingnoun

    the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

Wiktionary

  1. trailingadjective

    to converge in the direction of travel

ChatGPT

  1. trailing

    Trailing generally refers to following behind or coming after something or someone. It could also refer to the situation of being behind in a race, competition, or any comparative context. Moreover, in botany, it describes a plant that grows along the ground without ascending any support. Finally, in finance, 'trailing' is used when referring to past figures or performance, like "trailing earnings" or "trailing returns".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trailing

    of Trail

  2. Trailing

    a. & vb. n. from Trail

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  1. ringtail

  2. trialing

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trailing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trailing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of trailing in a Sentence

  1. The CAF:

    Much of the internal structure on the wing's trailing edge is badly damaged.

  2. William Wordsworth:

    Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. The soul that rises with us, our life's star, hath had elsewhere its setting, and comet from afar: not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.

  3. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

    Marco Rubio is trailing in Florida by 17 points. You know what, why aren't they telling him to get out and get behind me? I have a better chance of winning in Ohio than he does in Florida. I mean this is nonsense.

  4. David Yepsen:

    Jeb is trailing in the polls, he's got nothing to lose.

  5. Shailesh Kshatriya:

    Equities seem to be taking some comfort from the Fed announcement, however the benefits are not as far-reaching as domestic investors would like with the TSX trailing the U.S. today.

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