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trail
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- pronunciation:
- treIl
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
trails, trailing, trailed |
definition 1: |
to drag along behind, esp. on the ground.
The little boy trailed his coat on the ground as he walked home.- similar words:
- drag, draggle, haul, pull, tow
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definition 2: |
to follow the trace, track, or scent of.
The hounds trailed the fox.- synonyms:
- trace, track
- similar words:
- chase, course, follow, hound, hunt, pursue, search out, stalk, tail, wind
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definition 3: |
to follow behind.
The slower car trailed the leaders during most of the race.- synonyms:
- lag
- antonyms:
- lead
- similar words:
- follow, tail
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related words: |
lag, scent, tug |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to drag or be dragged, esp. along the ground.
- synonyms:
- drag, draggle
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definition 2: |
to go or follow slowly or lazily along.
- synonyms:
- dawdle, poke
- similar words:
- draggle, follow, linger, loiter, saunter, straggle, tag along
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definition 3: |
to drift or float away.
Smoke trailed upwards from his pipe.- synonyms:
- drift, waft
- similar words:
- blow, float, flow, stream, whiff
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definition 4: |
to be behind in a competition.
Our team trailed by ten points.- synonyms:
- lag
- similar words:
- drop back, go down
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definition 5: |
to become weaker; dwindle.
His voice trailed away as he lost consciousness.- synonyms:
- dwindle, fade, fail
- similar words:
- decline, diminish, falter, flag, lag, wane, weaken
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definition 6: |
to create a path or a set of marks behind a moving person or thing.
Drops of blood trailed as the body was dragged. |
related words: |
drag |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a path or course across rough territory, through woods, or the like.
- similar words:
- bridle path, by-path, footpath, path, pathway, route, towpath, way
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definition 2: |
a track or scent left behind by a moving person, animal, or object.
- synonyms:
- track
- similar words:
- footprints, scent, spoor, trace, wake
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definition 3: |
a series.
a trail of broken hearts- synonyms:
- series, succession
- similar words:
- chain, line, progression, row, sequence
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definition 4: |
something that trails or hangs loosely.
- similar words:
- appendage, trailer, train
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related words: |
defile, thoroughfare, walk, wash |
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