Trail

English Meaning

To hunt by the track; to track.

1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash.
2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
3. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
4. To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive.
5. To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.
6. To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games.
7. To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen's long robe trailed behind.
8. To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden.
9. To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire.
10. To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion.
11. To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge.
12. To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period.
13. A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.
14. An overland route: the pioneers' trail across the prairies.
15. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.
16. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox.
17. Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: The mayor was followed by a trail of reporters.
18. A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises.
19. Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.
20. The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.
21. The act of trailing.