Trail
[treɪl] or [trel]
Definition
(noun.) a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country.
(noun.) a track or mark left by something that has passed; 'there as a trail of blood'; 'a tear left its trail on her cheek'.
(verb.) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; 'The toddler was trailing his pants'; 'She trained her long scarf behind her'.
(verb.) hang down so as to drag along the ground; 'The bride's veiled trailed along the ground'.
(verb.) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; 'John trailed behind his class mates'; 'The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart'.
Checker: Rhonda--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To hunt by the track; to track.
(v. t.) To draw or drag, as along the ground.
(v. t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
(v. t.) To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
(v. t.) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
(v. i.) To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
(v. i.) To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
(n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
(n.) A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
(n.) Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
(n.) Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
(n.) Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
(n.) A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
(n.) The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
(n.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.
(n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
Checker: Olga
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Draw, drag.[2]. Track, trace, follow, hunt.[3]. [Local Eng.] Impose upon, take advantage of one's ignorance.
v. n. [1]. Drag, be drawn along, be drawn out.[2]. Run (as a plant), climb.
n. [1]. Train.[2]. Track, trace, mark, footprint, footmark, footstep.[3]. [U. S.] Footpath (made by Indians).[4]. Entrails (as of fowl or of sheep).
Typed by Frank
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Copy, transfer, transcript, sketch, abstract, order, check
ANT:Original, deed, cash
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Definition
v.t. to draw along the ground: to hunt by tracking: to draw out lead on: to tread down as grass by walking through: to carry as a musket or pike in an oblique forward position the breech or the butt near the ground.—v.i. to be drawn out in length to hang or drag loosely behind: to run or climb as a plant: to move with slow sweeping motion: to drag one's self lazily along.—n. anything drawn out in length: track followed by the hunter.—ns. Trail′er one who trails: a climbing plant: a carriage dragged (or trailed) behind another to which the motive power is applied; Trail′-net a drag-net.
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Examples
- He bucked her out along the shore Qf the lake and as soon as she was reasonable they went on back along the trail. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He could see a trail through the grass where horses had been led to the stream to drink and there was the fresh manure of several horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then she came running up the trail. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Kala did not wait to see more, but, turning, moved rapidly back along the trail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Nor was he following the trail of the old men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Lieutenant D'Arnot was in the lead and moving at a quick pace, for the trail was comparatively open. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As they came up, still deep in the shadow of the pines, after dropping down from the high meadow into the wooden valley and climbing up it on a trail that paralleled the stream and then left it to gain, steeply, the top of a rim-rock formation, a man with a carbine stepped out from behind a tree. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They trailed off to the dealer, the handsome but abject young fellow hanging a little aside. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They all trailed out on to the lawn. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Behind trailed the women, uttering strange cries and weird lamentation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Her handsome dress had trailed upon the ground. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His attention evidently trailed off, now and then, even while Bella told him all about it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The rain fell, and the Smoke-serpents, submissive to the curse of all that tribe, trailed themselves upon the earth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His wife took the baby in her arms to go with him to the wagon, and the children, still crying, trailed on behind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Twenty minutes after the first volley the great fleet swung trailing off in the direction from which it had first appeared. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Apollyon came trailing his Hell behind him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was no more torn collars now, I promise you, and faded silks trailing off at the shoulder. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At the same instant I saw that the thing that had struck us was the trailing anchor of a rather fair-sized air vessel; possibly a ten man cruiser. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- If it had been otherwise--' Carton looked at the pen and saw it was trailing off into unintelligible signs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Trailing wearily behind a rude wagon, and over a ruder road, Tom and his associates faced onward. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A name trails behind it an army of associations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He could not well negotiate the trees with his awkward burden, but he kept to the trails, and so made fairly good time. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And ex--' But Twemlow, in his demolished state, cannot command the word, and trails off into '--actly so. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Out on the lake there were flocks of grebes, small and dark, and leaving trails in the water when they swam. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Thus Tarzan blazed the forest trails and marked his caches. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- So Mr. Snagsby trails off into saying, with an awkward cough, I must ask you to excuse the liberty, sir, I am sure. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The chaparral before us was impenetrable except where there were roads or trails, with occasionally clear or bare spots of small dimensions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Mortimer