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trail

Nouns

• (n) a track or mark left by something that has passed
  • there as a trail of blood
  • a tear left its trail on her cheek
• (n) a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
• (n) evidence pointing to a possible solution
  • the police are following a promising lead
  • the trail led straight to the perpetrator
  track, lead,

Verbs

• (v) to lag or linger behind
  • But in so many other areas we still are dragging
  drop behind, get behind, hang back, drop back, drag,
• (v) go after with the intent to catch
  • The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
  • the dog chased the rabbit
  chase, dog, give chase, go after, tail, chase after, track, tag,
• (v) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
  • John trailed behind his class mates
  • The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart
  shack,
• (v) hang down so as to drag along the ground
  • The bride's veiled trailed along the ground
• (v) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
  • The toddler was trailing his pants
  • She trained her long scarf behind her
  train,

Synonyms

drop behind get behind hang back drop back drag chase dog give chase go after tail chase after track tag lead shack train

See also

chase away dispel drive away drive off drive out run off turn back tag along

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