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trail
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- pronunciation:
- treIl
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
trails, trailing, trailed |
| definition 1: |
When you trail a long stick behind you as you walk, you drag it along on the ground behind you.
The little boy trailed his coat on the ground as he walked home.- similar words:
- drag, haul, pull, tow
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| definition 2: |
When a person or animal trails something, it follows the traces, tracks or smell of it.
The hounds trailed the fox.The police are still trailing the suspect.- synonyms:
- trace, track
- similar words:
- chase, course, follow, hunt, pursue, search out, tail
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| definition 3: |
When one team trails another team in a game, its score is lower.
Our team trailed by ten points during the first half of the game.- similar words:
- drop back
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| definition 4: |
When something trails, it is dragged along behind someone or something.
The train of the bride's dress trailed behind her as she walked slowly up the aisle.- synonyms:
- drag
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| definition 5: |
If you trail behind others, you follow behind them more slowly.
The adults walked ahead and the children trailed behind them.- similar words:
- follow, linger, tag along
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| related words: |
drag |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A trail is a path or way through a forest or other natural place.
The hikers took the longer trail that went along the river to the waterfall.- similar words:
- path, route, way
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| definition 2: |
A track or smell left behind by a moving person, animal, or object is called a "trail."
The dog soon picked up the trail of the lost child.- synonyms:
- track
- similar words:
- footprints, scent, trace
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| definition 3: |
A trail is something that follows behind or hangs in the air, such as smoke from a fire.
There was a trail of smoke from the chimney.- similar words:
- trailer, train
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| related words: |
walk |
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