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Trail

noun

1.

A track or mark left by something that has passed. "A tear left its trail on her cheek"

2.

A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country.

3.

Evidence pointing to a possible solution. Synonyms: lead, track. "The trail led straight to the perpetrator"

verb

(past & past part. trailed; pres. part. trailing)

1.

To lag or linger behind. Synonyms: drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back.

2.

Go after with the intent to catch. Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track. "The dog chased the rabbit"

3.

Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly. Synonym: shack. "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

4.

Hang down so as to drag along the ground.

5.

Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground. Synonym: train. "She trained her long scarf behind her"

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"Trail" Quotes from Famous Books

... and antediluvian forest—that blaze upon the broad wide hearths and wink in the twilight on the frowning woods, sullen to see how trees are sacrificed, do not exclude the enemy. The hot-water pipes that trail themselves all over the house, the cushioned doors and windows, and the screens and curtains fail to supply the fires' deficiencies and to satisfy Sir Leicester's need. Hence the fashionable intelligence proclaims one morning to the listening earth that Lady Dedlock is expected shortly ...

— Bleak House • Charles Dickens

... down the crooked trail along which straggle the cabins, I saw something white in a tree at the far end. Supposing it to be a White-rabbit in a snare, I went near and found, to my surprise, first that it was a dead house-cat, a rare species here; ...

— The Arctic Prairies • Ernest Thompson Seton

... for Rhun; the spider's patient trail Hangs fairy cordage round his useless mail; The pennon, never seen to yield, Bends in the light breeze, idly gay, And rusted spear, and riven shield Tell of ...

— The Poetry of Wales • John Jenkins

... advisor. And especially to the sick did He devote His time and powers. He made many marvellous cures, a few only of which were recorded in the New Testament narratives. The occult legends state that these cures were of daily occurrence and that wherever He went He left behind Him a trail of people healed of all kinds of disorders, and that people flocked for miles to be healed of their infirmities. The Gospels relate that He cured great numbers of people by the simple process of laying on of hands (a favorite method of occult ...

— Mystic Christianity • Yogi Ramacharaka

... artillery carriage seems to have been invented by the Venetians in the fifteenth century. The essential parts of the design were early established: two large, heavy cheeks or side pieces set on an axle and connected by transoms. The gun was cradled between the cheeks, the rear ends of which formed a "trail" for stabilizing and ...

— Artillery Through the Ages - A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America • Albert Manucy

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