Trail - English meaning
Trail – definitions in English dictionary
nounA mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something.
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A trail of blood on the grassnounA long thin part or line stretching behind or hanging down from something.
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Smoke trailsnounA beaten path through the countryside.
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Country parks with nature trailsnounA trailer for a film or broadcast.
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A recent television trail for ‘the bill’nounThe rear end of a gun carriage, resting or sliding on the ground when the gun is unlimbered.
verbDraw or be drawn along behind someone or something.
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Alex trailed a hand through the clear waterverbWalk or move slowly or wearily.
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He baulked at the idea of trailing around the shopsverbFollow (a person or animal) by using marks or scent left behind.
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Sam suspected they were trailing himverbBe losing to an opponent in a game or contest.
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The defending champions were trailing 10—5 at half-timeverbGive advance publicity to (a film, broadcast, or proposal).
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The bank's plans have been extensively trailedverbApply (slip) through a nozzle or spout to decorate ceramic ware.
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Word origin
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French traillier ‘to tow’, or Middle Low German treilen ‘haul a boat’, based on Latin tragula ‘dragnet’, from trahere ‘to pull’. Compare with trawl. The n
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