trail

Meaning

1. To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
2. To drag (something) behind on the ground.
3. To leave (a trail of).
4. 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.
5. To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.
6. To run or climb like certain plants.
7. To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.
8. To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
9. 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.
10. To create a trail in.
11. To travel by following or creating trails.
12. To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail.
13. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

track

trail along

be behind

drag oneself along

follow along

slip and fall

take in tow

visible impression on a surface

secondary effect

hover above

air

follow in the track

follow on the hill

keep abreast with

keep place with

befooling

draft bar

drag bar

meteor trail

pull-rod

meteoric trail

meteor train

aftermath

cross-country skiing trail

drag along

hang down

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹeɪl/

From Middle English trailen, from Old French trailler (“to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry”), from Vulgar Latin *tragulāre (“to drag”), from Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to Latin trahere (“to pull, drag along”).

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