Sekirov Dictionary

trail

/tɹeɪl/

noun 6
verb 13
forms 5
phrases 7

noun6

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the way someone or something has gone, shown by what they left on the ground or in the air
- The trail has gone cold.
A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
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A route or circuit generally.
- Politicians are on the campaign trail in preparation for this year's election.
A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground.
A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

verb13

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To drag (something) behind on the ground.
- You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that.
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To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
- Neil Lennon and his players have, in almost no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear. — 2011
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To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.
- The bride's long dress trailed behind her as she walked down the aisle.
- Her curly hair trailed along her shoulders and down her back.
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To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
- The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods.
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To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.
- Our parents marched to church and we trailed behind.
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To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
- His new film was trailed on TV last night.
- There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement.
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To leave (a trail of).
- He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place.
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To run or climb like certain plants.
- The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows. — 1954
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To travel by following or creating trails.
- Trailed three miles down the North side and encamped early, making thirteen miles trailed to-day. — 1906
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To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail.
- Genesis, the first book of the Holy Bible, relates the earliest known instance of cattle being trailed to better grass lands (unless Noah's trip with the ark is one). — 1956
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To create a trail in.
- The sun shone on burnished bodies and arm-bands, and robes of beaver trailed the grass as majestic fellows trod back and forth in the passion of eloquence. — 1893
To carry (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.
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(old-fashioned) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
- I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance. — 1847

forms

trailed · trailing · traileth · trails · trailest

Phrases with trail

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