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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

... for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors; any place where political campaign speeches are made; political campaign trail. ...

— History of the United States, Volume 5 • E. Benjamin Andrews

... were needed of the delicacy and danger of the situation of the white men, it came the next minute, when, as they were in the act of stepping back into the trail, the sailor caught the arm of his friend ...

— The Land of Mystery • Edward S. Ellis

... at the full moon mellow-hearted. Fair was the chief as the morning-star; His eyes were mild and his words were low, But his heart was stouter than lance or bow; And her young heart flew to her love afar O'er his trail long covered with drifted snow. She heard a warrior's stealthy tread, And the tall Wakawa appeared, and said: "Is Wiwaste afraid of the spirit dread That fires the sky in the fatal north?[26] Behold the mysterious lights. Come forth: Some evil threatens, some danger nears, For ...

— The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems • H. L. Gordon

... our hero until he came to where there was a break in the trail. He was absorbed in thought at the time and did not notice that his pony turned to the left instead of ...

— Jack North's Treasure Hunt - Daring Adventures in South America • Roy Rockwood

... last I got them to give me a sea-going canoe, a stock of cakes and fresh water; and with many parting injunctions how to find the Woodman trail, since I would not listen to reason and lie all the rest of my life with them in the sunshine, they pushed me off ...

— Gulliver of Mars • Edwin L. Arnold

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