trail
(noun) a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
lead, track, trail
(noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution; “the police are following a promising lead”; “the trail led straight to the perpetrator”
trail
(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”
trail, train
(verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; “The toddler was trailing his pants”; “She trained her long scarf behind her”
trail
(verb) hang down so as to drag along the ground; “The bride’s veiled trailed along the ground”
chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
(verb) go after with the intent to catch; “The policeman chased the mugger down the alley”; “the dog chased the rabbit”
drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
(verb) to lag or linger behind; “But in so many other areas we still are dragging”
trail, shack
(verb) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; “John trailed behind his class mates”; “The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Trail
A city in British Columbia
A city in Minnesota
• TRALI, litra, trial
trail (third-person singular simple present trails, present participle trailing, simple past and past participle trailed)
(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.
(transitive) To leave (a trail of).
(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
(intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.
(intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.
(intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.
To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
(military) To carry (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.
To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
trail (plural trails)
The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
(graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.
• (track of an animal): spoor, sign
• (route for travel over land): dirt track, footpath, path, track
• TRALI, litra, trial
Source: Wiktionary
Trail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trailing.] Etym: [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing a boat. See Trace, v. t.]
1. To hunt by the track; to track. Halliwell.
2. To draw or drag, as along the ground. And hung his head, and trailed his legs along. Dryden. They shall not trail me through their streets Like a wild beast. Milton. Long behind he trails his pompous robe. Pope.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: 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.
4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat. Longfellow.
5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. [Prov. Eng.] I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance. C. Bronte.
Trail, v. i.
1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after. When his brother saw the red blood trail. Spenser.
2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
Trail, n.
1. 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. They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail. Cooper. How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! Shak.
2. A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
3. Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke. When lightning shoots in glittering trails along. Rowe.
4. Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train. "A radiant trail of hair." Pope.
5. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. [Obs.]
6. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. [Obs.]
7. The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep. The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served with its trail in, is a delicious dish. Baird.
8. (Mil.)
Definition: 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.
9. The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition. [Prov. Eng.] Trail boards (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead.
– Trail net, a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat. Wright.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
