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trail
trail T0308200 (trāl)v. trailed, trail·ing, trails v.tr.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. a. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.b. To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive.4. To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.5. To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games.v.intr.1. To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen's long robe trailed behind.2. To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden.3. To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire.4. To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion.5. To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge: trailed along in glum silence.6. To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period.n.1. a. A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.b. An overland route: the pioneers' trail across the prairies.c. A marked course through one or more bodies of water, as for recreational boaters or divers.2. a. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.b. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox.3. Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: The mayor was followed by a trail of reporters.4. A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises.5. Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.6. The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.7. The act of trailing.
[Middle English trailen, probably from Old French trailler, to hunt without a foreknown course, from Vulgar Latin *trāgulāre, to make a deer double back and forth, perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin trāgula, dragnet) of Latin trahere, to pull, draw.]trail (treɪl) vb1. to drag or stream, or permit to drag or stream along a surface, esp the ground: her skirt trailed; she trailed her skipping rope. 2. to make (a track or path) through (a place): to trail a way; to trail a jungle. 3. (Hunting) to chase, follow, or hunt (an animal or person) by following marks or tracks4. (when: intr, often foll by behind) to lag or linger behind (a person or thing)5. (Botany) (intr) (esp of plants) to extend or droop over or along a surface6. (General Sporting Terms) (intr) to be falling behind in a race or competition: the favourite is trailing at the last fence. 7. (Automotive Engineering) (tr) to tow (a boat, caravan, etc) behind a motor vehicle8. (Military) (tr) to carry (a rifle) at the full length of the right arm in a horizontal position, with the muzzle to the fore9. (intr) to move wearily or slowly: we trailed through the city. 10. (Broadcasting) (tr) (on television or radio) to advertise (a future programme) with short extracts11. trail one's coat to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviourn12. a print, mark, or marks made by a person, animal, or object13. the act or an instance of trailing14. (Hunting) the scent left by a moving person or animal that is followed by a hunting animal15. a path, track, or road, esp one roughly blazed16. something that trails behind or trails in loops or strands17. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the part of a towed gun carriage and limber that connects the two when in movement and rests on the ground as a partial support when unlimbered18. (General Engineering) engineering the distance between the point of contact of a steerable wheel and a line drawn from the swivel pin axis to the ground19. (Broadcasting) (on television or radio) an advertisement for a future programme[C14: from Old French trailler to draw, tow, from Vulgar Latin tragulāre (unattested), from Latin trāgula dragnet, from trahere to drag; compare Middle Dutch traghelen to drag] ˈtrail-less adjtrail (treɪl)
v.t. 1. to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind. 2. to bring or have floating after itself or oneself: a racing car trailing clouds of dust. 3. to follow the track, trail, or scent of; track. 4. to follow along behind (another), as in a race. v.i. 5. to be drawn or dragged along the ground or some other surface: The bridal gown trailed across the floor. 6. to hang down loosely from something. 7. to stream from or float after something moving, as dust, smoke, and sparks do. 8. to follow as if drawn along. 9. to go slowly, lazily, or wearily along. 10. to pass or extend in a straggling line. 11. 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. to arrive or be last. 13. to be losing in a contest. 14. to follow a track or scent, as of game. 15. (of a plant) to extend itself in growth along the ground rather than taking root or clinging by tendrils, etc. n. 16. a path or track made in overgrown or rough terrain by the passage of people or animals. 17. the track, scent, or the like, left by an animal, person, or thing. 18. something that is trailed or that trails behind, as the train of a skirt or robe. 19. a stream of dust, smoke, light, people, vehicles, etc., behind something moving. 20. either of two rearward-facing parts of an artillery piece, spread out on the ground for support when the piece is fired. [1275–1325; Middle English: to draw or drag in the rear; compare Old English træglian to tear off, c. Middle Dutch traghelen to drag] trail′ing•ly, adv. trail1. A term applied to the manner in which a bomb trails behind the aircraft from which it has been released, assuming the aircraft does not change its velocity after the release of the bomb. (DOD)
2. Track (or shadow). (The words "landward" or "seaward" may be used to indicate from which side of enemy unit to shadow.)Trail a train; a trailing mass of plants or ornament; a line of persons or things following behind something; a wreath or spray of flowers or leaves.Examples: trail of bear’s foot, myrtles green, and ivy pale, 1697; of tangled eglantine, 1861; of foliage, 1869; of golden hair, 1844; of ivy leaves, 1423; of roses, 1454; hurrying trails of black clouds, 1872; of light, 1697; of lightning, 1770; long trails of chanting priests, 1856.trail
Past participle: trailed
Gerund: trailing
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| I trail | | you trail | | he/she/it trails | | we trail | | you trail | | they trail |
| Preterite |
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| I trailed | | you trailed | | he/she/it trailed | | we trailed | | you trailed | | they trailed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am trailing | | you are trailing | | he/she/it is trailing | | we are trailing | | you are trailing | | they are trailing |
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| I have trailed | | you have trailed | | he/she/it has trailed | | we have trailed | | you have trailed | | they have trailed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was trailing | | you were trailing | | he/she/it was trailing | | we were trailing | | you were trailing | | they were trailing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had trailed | | you had trailed | | he/she/it had trailed | | we had trailed | | you had trailed | | they had trailed |
| Future |
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| I will trail | | you will trail | | he/she/it will trail | | we will trail | | you will trail | | they will trail |
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| I will have trailed | | you will have trailed | | he/she/it will have trailed | | we will have trailed | | you will have trailed | | they will have trailed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be trailing | | you will be trailing | | he/she/it will be trailing | | we will be trailing | | you will be trailing | | they will be trailing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been trailing | | you have been trailing | | he/she/it has been trailing | | we have been trailing | | you have been trailing | | they have been trailing |
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| I will have been trailing | | you will have been trailing | | he/she/it will have been trailing | | we will have been trailing | | you will have been trailing | | they will have been trailing |
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| I had been trailing | | you had been trailing | | he/she/it had been trailing | | we had been trailing | | you had been trailing | | they had been trailing |
| Conditional |
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| I would trail | | you would trail | | he/she/it would trail | | we would trail | | you would trail | | they would trail |
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| I would have trailed | | you would have trailed | | he/she/it would have trailed | | we would have trailed | | you would have trailed | | they would have trailed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  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"track, path, course - a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"slot - the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"spoor - the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor" | | 2. |  trail - a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly countrycattle trail - a trail over which cattle were driven to marketdeer trail - a trail worn by the passage of deerhorse-trail - a trail for horsesIndian trail - a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindiansmountain trail - a trail through mountainous countryski run, ski trail - trail or slope prepared for skiingcart track, cartroad, track - any road or path affording passage especially a rough one | | 3. |  trail - evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"track, leadevidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" | | Verb | 1. |  trail - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"drop behind, get behind, hang back, drop back, draglag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. | | 2. |  trail - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"dog, give chase, go after, chase, tail, chase after, track, tagtree - chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"quest - search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"run down - pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive" | | 3. | trail - move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"shackgo, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | | 4. |  trail - hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"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" | | 5. |  trail - drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"traindrag - pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"trail - hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground" |
trailnoun1. path, track, route, way, course, road, pathway, footpath, beaten track He was following a broad trail through the trees.2. series, line, train, row, chain, string, stream, succession He left a trail of clues at the scenes of his crimes.3. tracks, path, mark, marks, wake, trace, scent, footsteps, footprints, spoor They would take no action except that of following her trail.4. wake, stream, tail, slipstream the high vapour trail of an aircraft5. train, series, chain, aftermath The blast left a 200 metre trail of wreckage.6. scent, track, spoor The whales come close to shore, on the trail of squid.verb1. follow, track, chase, pursue, dog, hunt, shadow, trace, tail (informal), hound, stalk, keep an eye on, keep tabs on (informal), run to ground Two detectives were trailing him.2. drag, draw, pull, sweep, stream, haul, tow, dangle, droop She came down the stairs, trailing the coat behind her.3. lag, follow, drift, wander, linger, trudge, fall behind, plod, meander, amble, loiter, straggle, traipse (informal), dawdle, hang back, tag along (informal), bring up the rear, drag yourself I spent a long afternoon trailing behind him.4. lose, be down, be behind, fall behind, lag behind, drop behind He scored again leaving Dartford trailing 2-0 at the break.5. creep, slide, crawl, slither, slink ivy trailing over the concrete6. advertise, announce, preview, hype (informal), publicise a previously trailed live TV appearancetrail away or off fade away or out, sink, weaken, diminish, decrease, dwindle, shrink, lessen, subside, fall away, peter out, die away, tail off, taper off, grow weak, grow faint 'But he of all men...' her voice trailed away.trailverb1. To hang or cause to hang down and be pulled along behind:drag, draggle, train.2. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry.Idioms: drag one's feet, mark time, take one's time.3. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting:trace, track.4. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind:dog, follow, shadow, track.Informal: bird-dog, tail.5. To follow closely or persistently:dog, heel, tag.noun1. Something that follows or is drawn along behind:tail, train, wake.2. A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something:print, trace, track.3. Evidence of passage left along a course followed by a hunted animal or fugitive:scent, spoor, track.Translationstrail (treil) verb1. to drag, or be dragged, along loosely. Garments were trailing from the suitcase. 拖 拖2. to walk slowly and usually wearily. He trailed down the road. 慢吞吞地走，沒精打采地走 慢吞吞地走，没精打采地走 3. to follow the track of. The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves. 追獵 追猎 noun1. a track (of an animal). The trail was easy for the hunters to follow. 足跡 足迹2. a path through a forest or other wild area. a mountain trail. 羊腸小道 羊肠小道3. a line, or series of marks, left by something as it passes. There was a trail of blood across the floor. 痕跡 痕迹ˈtrailer noun1. a vehicle pulled behind a motor car. We carry our luggage in a trailer. 拖車 拖车2. (American) a caravan. 大蓬車 大蓬车3. a short film advertising a complete film. (廣告性的)電影預告片 （广告性的）电影预告片 - I'd like to go trail riding (US)
I'd like to go pony trekking (UK) → 我想骑矮马出游
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trail (along) (after someone or something) 1. to drag along after someone or something. His pants were torn, and a piece of his trouser leg trailed along after him. His trouser leg trailed after him. 2. to follow along after someone or something. A little dog trailed along after Mary and Karen. Is that your dog trailing along?See:- a paper trail
- blaze a trail
- blaze a trail, to
- blaze a/the trail
- blaze the/a trail
- hit the road
- hit the sawdust trail
- hit the trail
- hot on (one's) tracks
- hot on (one's) trail
- hot on somebody's/something's tracks/trail
- hot on the trail
- hot on the trail of (someone or something)
- on (one's) trail
- on the trail
- on the trail of (someone or something)
- paper trail
- put (one) off the trail
- put off the track
- the sawdust trail
- throw (someone) off the trail
- trail
- trail (one's) coat
- trail after
- trail away
- trail behind
- trail by
- trail off
- trail over
- trail your coat
Trail
Trail, city (1991 pop. 7,919), SE British Columbia, Canada, on the Columbia River just N of the Wash. border. It is a metal-smelting center for a mining area that produces lead, zinc, silver, and gold. Sulfuric acid and fertilizers are manufactured there.Trail a city in Canada, in the southern part of the province of British Columbia. Population, 11,100 (1971). Trail is a center for the extraction and processing of complex ores. It has a large smelting combine that produces one-half of Canada’s smelted zinc and two-thirds of the country’s smelted lead; antimony and other metals are smelted as well. Trail also produces chemicals. trail[trāl] (astronomy) A luminous trace left in the sky by the passage of a large meteor. (geology) A line of rock fragments that were picked up by glacial ice at a localized outcropping and left scattered along a fairly well-defined tract during the movement of a glacier. (graphic arts) One of the lines left on a photographic plate during prolonged exposure to starlight if the motion of the plate was not synchronized with the apparent motion of the sky. (ordnance) In bombing, the line between the point of impact of the bomb and a point on the ground directly beneath the aircraft at the moment of impact, assuming that the aircraft stays on course after release of the bomb and maintains a constant speed. Rear part of a gun carriage which connects the piece with a limber or tractor. trail1. the scent left by a moving person or animal that is followed by a hunting animal 2. Engineering the distance between the point of contact of a steerable wheel and a line drawn from the swivel pin axis to the ground TRAIL
TRAILA member of the tumor necrosis factor ligand family that rapidly induces apoptosis in a variety of transformed cell lines. Synonym(s): apo-2LTRAIL (trāl) A member of the tumor necrosis factor ligand family. which rapidly induces apoptosis in a variety of transformed cell lines.
Synonym(s): apo-2L. FinancialSeeTrailingSee TRL
TRAIL
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Related to trail: Audit trailSynonyms for trailverb to hang or cause to hang down and be pulled along behindSynonymsverb to go or move slowly so that progress is hinderedSynonyms- dally
- dawdle
- delay
- dilly-dally
- drag
- lag
- linger
- loiter
- poke
- procrastinate
- tarry
verb to follow the traces or scent of, as in huntingSynonymsverb to keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behindSynonyms- dog
- follow
- shadow
- track
- bird-dog
- tail
verb to follow closely or persistentlySynonymsnoun something that follows or is drawn along behindSynonymsnoun a visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or somethingSynonymsnoun evidence of passage left along a course followed by a hunted animal or fugitiveSynonymsSynonyms for trailnoun a track or mark left by something that has passedRelated Wordsnoun a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly countryRelated Words- cattle trail
- deer trail
- horse-trail
- Indian trail
- mountain trail
- ski run
- ski trail
- cart track
- cartroad
- track
noun evidence pointing to a possible solutionSynonymsRelated Wordsverb to lag or linger behindSynonyms- drop behind
- get behind
- hang back
- drop back
- drag
Related Words- lag
- fall back
- fall behind
- dawdle
verb go after with the intent to catchSynonyms- dog
- give chase
- go after
- chase
- tail
- chase after
- track
- tag
Related Words- tree
- pursue
- follow
- quest
- hound
- hunt
- trace
- run down
verb move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowlySynonymsRelated Wordsverb hang down so as to drag along the groundRelated Wordsverb drag loosely along a surfaceSynonymsRelated Words |