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- Dictionarytrail/treɪl/
noun
- 1. a mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something: "a trail of blood on the grass" Similar
- 2. a long thin part or line stretching behind or hanging down from something: "smoke trails" Similar
verb
- 1. draw or be drawn along behind someone or something: "Alex trailed a hand through the clear water" Similar
- 2. walk or move slowly or wearily: "he baulked at the idea of trailing around the shops" Similar
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TRAIL definition: 1. a path through a countryside, mountain, or forest area, often made or used for a particular…. Learn more.
trail: [verb] to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground. to extend over a surface in a loose or straggling manner. to grow to such length as to droop over toward the ground.
a track, sign or smell that is left behind and that can be followed, especially in hunting. The hounds were following the fox's trail. on the trail of somebody/something The police are still on the trail of the escaped prisoner.; Fortunately the trail was still warm (= clear and easy to follow).; The trail had gone cold.
trail: 1 n a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country Examples: Iditarod Trail a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome Santa Fe Trail a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century Chisholm Trail a former cattle trail from ...
19 meanings: 1. to drag or stream, or permit to drag or stream along a surface, esp the ground 2. to make (a track or path).... Click for more definitions.
Trail definition: to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.. See examples of TRAIL used in a sentence.
trail. (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.
Trail definition: To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground.
TRAIL meaning: 1. a line of marks that someone or something leaves behind as they move: 2. a path through the…. Learn more.
trail. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English trail1 /treɪl/ verb 1 pull [ intransitive, transitive] to pull something behind you, especially along the ground, or to be pulled in this way 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 ...
