trail
1. a track or mark left by something that has passed (Freq. 5)
- there as a trail of blood
- a tear left its trail on her cheek
• Hypernyms:
path, track, course
• Hyponyms:
slot, spoor
2. a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country (Freq. 4)
• Hypernyms:
track, cart track, cartroad
• Hyponyms:
cattle trail, deer trail, horse-trail, Indian trail, mountain trail,
ski run, ski trail
• Instance Hyponyms:
Iditarod Trail, Santa Fe Trail
3. evidence pointing to a possible solution (Freq. 1)
- the police are following a promising lead
- the trail led straight to the perpetrator
• Syn:
lead, track
• Derivationally related forms:
track (for: track)
• Hypernyms:
evidence, grounds
1. to lag or linger behind (Freq. 8)
- But in so many other areas we still are dragging
• Syn:
drag, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
• Derivationally related forms:
trailer
• Hypernyms:
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. go after with the intent to catch (Freq. 3)
- The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
- the dog chased the rabbit
• Syn:
chase, chase after, tail, tag, give chase,
dog, go after, track
• See Also:
tag along (for: tag), chase away (for: chase)
• Derivationally related forms:
track (for: track), tracker (for: track), tracking (for: track), tag (for: tag), tail (for: tail), tailing (for: tail), trailing, chaser (for: chase), chase (for: chase)
• Hypernyms:
pursue, follow
• Hyponyms:
tree, quest, hound, hunt, trace, run down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They trail the car down the avenue
3. move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
- John trailed behind his class mates
- The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart
• Syn:
shack
• Derivationally related forms:
trailer
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. hang down so as to drag along the ground
- The bride's veiled trailed along the ground
• Verb Group:
train
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
5. drag loosely along a surface;
allow to sweep the ground
- The toddler was trailing his pants
- She trained her long scarf behind her
• Syn:
train
• Derivationally related forms:
train (for: train), trailer
• Hypernyms:
drag
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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