trail1 verbtrail2 noun
trailtrail1 /treɪl/ ●●○ verb 
WORD ORIGINtrail1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French trailler ‘to pull after you, tow’, from Vulgar Latin tragulare, from Latin tragula ‘sledge, net for pulling’VERB TABLE
trail
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | trail |
| he, she, it | trails | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trailed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trailed |
| he, she, it | has trailed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trailed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will trail |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trailed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am trailing |
| he, she, it | is trailing | |
| you, we, they | are trailing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was trailing |
| you, we, they | were trailing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been trailing |
| he, she, it | has been trailing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been trailing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be trailing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been trailing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Labour trailed third, behind the Conservative and Liberal parties.
- Nelson is trailing in the polls.
- Penn State trail West Virginia by only 1 point.
- Police have been trailing the gang for several days.
- Sweden was trailing by 2 games to 1.
- These two top drivers have left the others trailing behind.
- With his team trailing 72--78, the manager was forced to bring back his star player.
- A poolside dinner after a day trailing toddlers around the baby pool or monitoring middle schoolers on the high dive?
- Although he is trailing in the polls, Texas Sen.
- Myers entered with the Bruins trailing 54-53 and just over 10 minutes remaining.
- Sir Walter Raleigh trails his comforter about the muddy garden, a full-length Hilliard in miniature hose and padded pants.
- Slugs would drag along the bathroom floor, trailing their vestments of brown slime.
- Standing in front of them was an extremely old man with a beard that trailed on the ground and long flowing white hair.
- The Raiders trailed 14-0 and faced fourth-and-eight at their 47-yard line.
Longman Language Activatorto closely follow a person or animal in order to watch them
· He followed her home to find out where she lived.· Did you make sure you weren't followed on the way over here?· She complained to the police officer that she was being followed by two strangers.
informal if someone such as a police officer tails someone, they secretly follow that person to find out where they are going or what they are doing: · That police car has been tailing us for the last 5 miles.· A group of photographers tailed the couple all over London.
to follow close behind someone, especially in order to watch or catch them: · A police car was on their tail within seconds of the alarm going off.· We sat on their tail for about an hour until we lost them in traffic.
to follow someone or something very closely in order to watch all their movements without them realizing that they are being followed: · I want you to shadow him for the next three days and find out who he hangs out with.· Consumed with jealousy, he shadowed her for three days, hoping to catch her with her lover.
to follow a person or animal closely, especially by looking for signs showing that they have gone in a particular direction: · Undercover agents have been tracking him for weeks.· It would be impossible to trail anyone across this type of ground.track/trail somebody to something: · The police trailed the gang to their hideout.· Dogs are used to track the wolves to their lair in the forest.
to keep following someone and asking them questions about their activities, personal problems etc, in a way that is annoying or threatening: · After the court case she was hounded relentlessly by the press.· The couple found themselves hounded by photographers as they left the church.
to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch, injure, kill them: · Polar bears stalk seals that are resting on the ice.· The killer would stalk his victim, overpower her and then brutally murder her.
a criminal or mentally ill person who continuously follows and watches someone in a threatening way, especially someone famous or someone they are attracted to: · Women's groups are demanding that Congress toughen the law against stalkers.· The stalker's reappearance has led to increased security around the actress.
when you are likely to lose a game etc to be in a position where you are likely to lose a game, competition, election or war because you are not doing as well as your opponent: · "Is Joachim winning?" "No, he's losing."be losing the game/war etc: · It can be difficult not to show your frustration when you're losing the match.be losing 3--1/by 15 points/by 2 goals etc: · "What's the score?" "We're losing 3 -- nil."
to be losing a game, competition, or election: be behind by two goals/by10 points etc: · The opinion polls show that the Republicans are behind by 3%.be 10 points/a goal etc behind: · "How are we doing?" "We're 10 points behind, I'm afraid."be a long way behind/be way behind (=be losing by a large amount): · Although we only had a short break, we were a long way behind the front runners.· The Eagles are way behind. We'll never win at this rate.
also trail behind to be losing a game or competition, or election - used especially in news reports: · Penn State trail West Virginia by only 1 point.trail 3--0/by 10 points/by 8 votes etc: · Sweden was trailing by 2 games to 1.· With his team trailing 72--78, the manager was forced to bring back his star player.trail behind: · These two top drivers have left the others trailing behind.· Labour trailed third, behind the Conservative and Liberal parties.
a person or team that is not expected to win: · The defending champion was beaten by an outsider in the first round.· Smith, a little-known outsider with limited political experience, came from behind to score a surprise victory.rank outsider (=someone with a very small chance of winning) British: · He started as a no-hoper -- a rank outsider for the title.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
He staggered to the door, leaving a trail of blood.
(=finish in a bad position) He trailed in last after a disastrous race.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He trailed in last after a disastrous race. (=the places someone visits as part of their election campaign)· Iowa was the first stop on the presidential campaign trail.
(=a long line of things that have been destroyed)· The accident, involving five vehicles, caused a trail of destruction on the motorway.
He staggered to the door, leaving a trail of blood. (=one that grows along the ground or hangs down)
· At the moment the Democrats are trailing in the polls.
(=becomes quieter until you cannot hear it)· ‘It's just that … ’, his voice trailed away uncertainly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The thin, dreary voice trailed away.· At sunset, the tribe trailed away home, leaving me stranded half way between earth and heaven.· Philip stood on Lee's foot and Lee's voice trailed away.· The fearful noise abated in its intensity, trailed away and was gone.
· It continues to trail badly behind the ruling centre-right People's party in the opinion polls.· Whitman, trailing badly in the polls a few weeks before the election, defeated Democratic Gov.
· Grimly, Auguste marched back through the tent into the kitchen, with a contrite Boris trailing behind.· A plane flew overhead, an ad for Coppertone trailing behind on a banner.· I trailed behind, still shaking from a mixture of fear and anger.· This means he trails behind six other declared presidential candidates.· Rincewind trailed behind, whimpering at intervals and checking to see that his head was still there.
· They trailed home under a red, smoky sky, to the cosy, fire-lit parlour and high tea.
· Again the track trails off into languishing shivers and cadaverous moans.· When Jack put a foot on the dance floor, some, then all couples stopped and the band trailed off.· Her thin voice trailed off into thin air, leaving its faint warning of damage, dirt, even theft.· We trailed off into the canyons, and pitched tents under the conifers.· The sentences are less likely to run out of puff in mid-stream and trail off into inaudibility.· And then his voice trailed off.· However, this began to trail off towards the end of June due to outside distractions - Wimbledon tennis and International cricket.· He banged on the door again, broke into another spate of tears, then trailed off into silence.
NOUN· Out on the campaign trail the marketing of Mr Major has often been unimaginative, betraying Central Office inexperience.· He does not come across as a visionary on the campaign trail because he has never been one.
· Keith trails his fingers lightly through it.· Then she trailed her fingers through the flour, parting, separating small hills and ridges of it, looking for mites.· Anne trailed her fingers along the wall at shoulder height, but there were no switches or dangling cords.
· And walking together on thick-carpeted stairs, hand trailing a blackened balustrade, beams in the ceiling.· The body leaves the hands and clubhead trailing in a wide open position.
· From time to time her voice trailed off and she became her grief, heavy as a stone.· Her thin voice trailed off into thin air, leaving its faint warning of damage, dirt, even theft.· And then his voice trailed off.· The thin, dreary voice trailed away.· Philip stood on Lee's foot and Lee's voice trailed away.
VERB· The top two have left the rest trailing well behind.· That left the Steelers trailing only 13-7· Bunched cloths also tend to leave loose folds trailing which cause smearing.· But the turnover was an errant pass that Clyde Drexler intercepted with 1: 20 left and the Clippers trailing 103-101.
· He let them trail on the ground.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1pull [intransitive, transitive] to pull something behind you, especially along the ground, or to be pulled in this way: - Poland blazed the trail of democratic reform in eastern Europe.
- Advocates of manned flight agree that robots should act as interplanetary scouts, blazing trails that humans can safely follow.
- His cottages at Blaize Hamlet blazed a trail for a hundred years.
- In the matter of curriculum development, the Chicago Regional Program blazes a trail that library media specialists can follow.
- It took people like Daniel Boone to blaze trails over the ridges into the new, green country beyond.
- The trail seemed cold until a woman in Mississippi recognized Pearson's face in a wanted poster.
- Doogie allowed himself a small smile of satisfaction as Shifty-Eyes hit the road, then he turned and grabbed Pointy-Beard's tie.
- Gina Coulstock, 18, stumbled, fell heavily and was knocked out when she hit the road.
- Read in studio Well it's time now to hit the road with the London Sydney car marathon.
- So next time you hit the road make sure it doesn't hit back.
- Time to hit the road again.
- Travelers will find it more comfortable and interesting to hit the road this year.
- Tyros get kick-started by taking shoeless jaunts around their house, back yard and neighborhood before hitting the trail.
- We packed up and hit the road.
- But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
- Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail.
- Once again Biddy / Beth flees, but both the Toddler and McGarr are hot on her trail.
- But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
A plane trailing a banner was circling overhead.trail in/on/over etc She walked slowly along the path, her skirt trailing in the mud.trail something in/across/through etc something Rees was leaning out of the boat trailing his hand through the water.2walk slowly [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk slowly, especially behind other people because you are tired or boredtrail behind/around Susie trailed along behind her parents. We spent the afternoon trailing around the shops.3lose a competition [intransitive, transitive usually in progressive] to be losing in a game, competition, or election: The Democratic candidate is still trailing in the opinion polls.trail (somebody) by something Manchester United were trailing by two goals to one.trail in/home (=finish in a bad position) He trailed in last after a disastrous race.4follow somebody [transitive] to follow someone by looking for signs that they have gone in a particular direction: Police trailed the gang for several days.trail away/off phrasal verb if someone’s voice trails away or trails off, it becomes gradually quieter and then stops: She trailed off, silenced by the look Kris gave her.trail1 verbtrail2 noun
trailtrail2 ●●○ noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The trail follows the river most of the way to Avalanche Lake.
- The dogs followed the trail of the dying animal.
- This trail leads to the lighthouse.
- Although the trail of the Yuezhi ultimately leads to Bactria, it does not take them out of our story.
- City officials refuse to talk about the case, but detectives say privately the trail has gone cold.
- Every trail on this particular prairie led to Vecchi.
- Griffith Park is replete with hiking trails, and Mount Hollywood is excellent for plotting future treks.
- I heard them call and answer, and I went on walking up the trail.
- It took a few months to perfect but here it is, a cookie that is like trail mix in a chip.
- Laser beams swept like searchlights, leaving smoking trails across the rock, as blasters were turned towards the approaching Dalek Killer.
- There, officially, the trail ends.
Longman Language Activatora path for people to walk on
a long, narrow piece of ground for people to walk along: · A narrow path took us down to the river.down/along a path: · He lead me down a path to a farmhouse.garden path: · Mrs Smith was singing as she came up the garden path.
British /sidewalk American a path built along the side of a street for people to walk on: · Christopher wandered along the sidewalk, looking into store windows.· What annoys me is that everyone parks on the pavement in front of our house.
British a public path for people to walk on in the country: · They followed the coastal footpath into the village.public footpath (=a path that anyone can use, especially one on private land): · There are over 1,000 miles of public footpaths within the national park boundaries.
American a path in the mountains or in the forest: · The trail follows the river most of the way to Avalanche Lake.
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nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. The typhoon left a trail of devastation. Police tracked him to Valencia and there the trail went cold (=they could not find any signs of him). Police believe they are hot on the trail of a drug-smuggling gang (=they are close to finding them). politicians on the campaign trail New players should put the team back on the winning trail.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He staggered to the door, leaving a trail of blood.
The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. The typhoon left a trail of devastation. Police tracked him to Valencia and there the trail went cold (=they could not find any signs of him). Police believe they are hot on the trail of a drug-smuggling gang (=they are close to finding them). politicians on the campaign trail New players should put the team back on the winning trail. (=the places someone visits as part of their election campaign)· Iowa was the first stop on the presidential campaign trail.
(=a long line of things that have been destroyed)· The accident, involving five vehicles, caused a trail of destruction on the motorway.
He staggered to the door, leaving a trail of blood. (=one that grows along the ground or hangs down)
· At the moment the Democrats are trailing in the polls.
(=becomes quieter until you cannot hear it)· ‘It's just that … ’, his voice trailed away uncertainly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· One is inclined to assume that Woosnam had laid a false trail.· There were months of planning, false trails were laid, tests and traps set up and sprung.· He's a past master at keeping his whereabouts secret, laying false trails.
· Once again Biddy / Beth flees, but both the Toddler and McGarr are hot on her trail.· But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
· The power in the sails lifted the yacht so that she left two long trails of dark blue in the spray.· If he rode horses, it was not a long trail drive.· When you see the bubbles rise in long trails, get a bait in there if you can.
· It was a deep narrow trail in the grey blanket.· The narrow trail began at the end of the campground and meandered alongside Lime Kiln Creek.· It was a pleasure to master the curves of the narrow fire trail.
· He's at Baden Baden today and should remain on the winning trail.· By then they need to be back on the winning trail which hopefully will start on Saturday against Moseley.· Gloucester are on the winning trail after their 10-3 victory over Rosslyn Park last week.· Double strike ... Shearer puts Swindon on the winning trail.
NOUN· Shortly after, however, he was seen out on the campaign trail, but refused to answer any questions.· In a strict personality contest, the younger, more ebullient Clinton comes across best on the campaign trail.· But despite his absence his spectre dominates the campaign trail.· It ends with the compromised governor and his surviving aides preparing once again to resume the campaign trail.· Like Kennedy, Clinton has a physical force that works on the campaign trail.· That might explain what Dole is trying to gauge in the brief encounters along the campaign trail.· The flood of credit will be increased this year by all the promissory notes Mr Yeltsin dished out on the campaign trail.· In the first 28 days of September, Clinton spent 18 days on the campaign trail visiting 21 states.
· There is a one and a half mile circular nature trail around the reserve, which is definitely worth doing.· The rerouted nature trail offers three new vistas from about 150 feet above river level.· Eight miles away you can visit the Oakwell Country Park with 87 acres of parkland, nature trails and bridleways.· The sludge in the Cuisinart fills the condo with smells I remember from nature trails of my childhood.· There will be no polecat with young at post number seven on the nature trail.· Untouched for thirty years, ideal for a nature trail - the undisturbed habitat of birds and animals.· There is a hide and a nature trail which is always open.· Parish nature trails were also mentioned and Miss Bellamy said that it was possible to obtain grants towards producing leaflets.
· And travellers' cheques or bearer bonds leave a paper trail for police to follow.· A steady paper trail of bills, grades, pay stubs, and catalogs helps us create our individual identity.· Always establish a paper trail, too, he said.
· Jeep tours, hayrides, chuck wagon cookouts and trail rides are available for a fee.· There are two nearby stables for guests interested in trail rides.
· Ruth flopped back in the lounger and studied the vapour trail through half-closed eyes.· It was leaving an impressive vapour trail.· High overhead, a jet laid its vapour trail across a bleached-blue sky.
VERB· Elise had blazed a talented trail to an art college four years before Merrill took up secretarial training.· Perfection of the two methods blazed parallel trails of development down the decades from the 1730s to the 1760s.· His cottages at Blaize Hamlet blazed a trail for a hundred years.· In the matter of curriculum development, the Chicago Regional Program blazes a trail that library media specialists can follow.· The moon blazed her trail home.· It took people like Daniel Boone to blaze trails over the ridges into the new, green country beyond.· Barcelona has long blazed this same trail, hiring the world's most interesting architects to oversee an urban transformation programme.
· Most mornings she liked to head up along the shoreline or follow one of the trails out toward the fire tower.· Once, he had sensed a presence following him on the trail.· We are apt to keep our noses to the print, and to simply follow the trail of the story.· Debbie Taylor follows the trail through her own life.· To help others enjoy this restored landscape, Wright followed old animal trails and transformed them into paths and theme walks.· In the modern era, players of their calibre would surely have followed the professional trail.· Hicks swung it open and they went carefully over an iron cattle grid and followed the trail downward.
· They hiked obscure trails into the hills.· Griffith Park is replete with hiking trails, and Mount Hollywood is excellent for plotting future treks.· We also stopped to hike on a primitive trail, up and over a short ridge to a small, isolated lake.· But the 80 acres of land surrounding the glass-and-granite manse are laced with hiking trails open to the public.· There also are countless hiking trails near the lake and in the surrounding mountains.
· Sefton hit the cup trail tomorrow with a home tie against Metrovick in the Provincial Trophy third round.· Tyros get kick-started by taking shoeless jaunts around their house, back yard and neighborhood before hitting the trail.· Tornado alerts were broadcast throughout the afternoon but the crowds still hit the pilgrimage trail to the Arkansas capital.· Those who hit the trail, and those who build the homestead.
· One is inclined to assume that Woosnam had laid a false trail.· He's a past master at keeping his whereabouts secret, laying false trails.
· The trail led deep into the government.· A pregnant police chief from a small Minnesota town tracks the murderers, having no idea the trail will lead to kidnappers.· When he blinked rain from his eyes, Alan could just see the trail that led back to the jeep.· I saw fresh moose and deer trails leading from the forest below into this new feeding ground.· Merymose clearly had orders to ignore any trail that led to the palace compound.· The west side of the 38 acres is surrounded by rocky hills and dusty trails that lead to nearby Lake Hodges.· Tweed muddied the trail leading to him.· A trail of mouse tracks leads from one woodpile to the next by the cabin.
· And travellers' cheques or bearer bonds leave a paper trail for police to follow.· She walked down to her room, leaving a trail of wet footprints in the hall.· The body convulsed, flopping around the roof in a series of uncoordinated half-somersaults, leaving a trail of blood like footprints.· It is difficult to make progress in your career if you leave a trail of damaged relationships behind you.· It slid down the wall, leaving behind it a trail of dark brown juice, like bile.· We put together a team, leave a dim trail.· The old nun gets out of the bath, leaving a trail of water on the floor as she unlocks the door.· But in 1833 there were many brilliant fireballs that left trails of dust and smoke.
· The open savannah is marked by cattle trails that disappear whenever a strong gust of wind stirs up the dust.· To keep it interesting, one guy ran ahead and marked a trail for the others to follow.
· I walked partway along the trail, closing my eyes from time to time, imagining myself blind, unable to see.· I heard them call and answer, and I went on walking up the trail.· If I'd tried to walk out along the trail, I would have met Perkin face to face.· Buy an all inclusive Steam and Stroll ticket to ride the rails and walk the trails from various stations with our guide.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a rough path across countryside or through a forest: - Cutler and Johnson are on the trail of the killer.
- Especially if you consider he was on the trail of the man he believes had his family abducted and almost certainly murdered.
- He was on the trail of a stag, which turned to face him.
- It had not occurred to her that the newspapers might still be on the trail of Puddephat's widow.
- Poland blazed the trail of democratic reform in eastern Europe.
- Advocates of manned flight agree that robots should act as interplanetary scouts, blazing trails that humans can safely follow.
- His cottages at Blaize Hamlet blazed a trail for a hundred years.
- In the matter of curriculum development, the Chicago Regional Program blazes a trail that library media specialists can follow.
- It took people like Daniel Boone to blaze trails over the ridges into the new, green country beyond.
- The trail seemed cold until a woman in Mississippi recognized Pearson's face in a wanted poster.
- Doogie allowed himself a small smile of satisfaction as Shifty-Eyes hit the road, then he turned and grabbed Pointy-Beard's tie.
- Gina Coulstock, 18, stumbled, fell heavily and was knocked out when she hit the road.
- Read in studio Well it's time now to hit the road with the London Sydney car marathon.
- So next time you hit the road make sure it doesn't hit back.
- Time to hit the road again.
- Travelers will find it more comfortable and interesting to hit the road this year.
- Tyros get kick-started by taking shoeless jaunts around their house, back yard and neighborhood before hitting the trail.
- We packed up and hit the road.
- But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
- Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail.
- Once again Biddy / Beth flees, but both the Toddler and McGarr are hot on her trail.
- But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
The trail led over Boulder Pass before descending to a lake. → nature trail2a long line or a series of marks that have been left by someone or somethingtrail of a trail of wet footprints The bus left a trail of black smoke behind it. The typhoon left a trail of devastation.3a series of unpleasant situations or feelings that have been left by someone or somethingtrail of He left a trail of broken hearts and broken promises.4a sign that a person or animal has been in a place, used for finding or catching them: The hunters lost the tiger’s trail in the middle of the jungle. Police tracked him to Valencia and there the trail went cold (=they could not find any signs of him).5be on the trail of somebody/something to be trying to find someone or something by getting information about them: industrial spies on the trail of technological secrets Police believe they are hot on the trail of a drug-smuggling gang (=they are close to finding them).6all the places that a particular group of people visit for a particular purpose: a town on the tourist trailcampaign/election trail politicians on the campaign trail7the set of things that someone does to achieve something: New players should put the team back on the winning trail. → blaze a trail at blaze2(5), → hit the trail/road at hit1(17)