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trail

DEFINITIONS OF: trail

1

n a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

Examples:
Iditarod Trail
a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome
Santa Fe Trail
a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century
Chisholm Trail
a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s
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cattle trail
a trail over which cattle were driven to market
deer trail
a trail worn by the passage of deer
horse-trail
a trail for horses
Indian trail
a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians
mountain trail
a trail through mountainous country
ski run, ski trail
trail or slope prepared for skiing
piste
a ski run densely packed with snow
Type of:
cart track, cartroad, track
any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

n a track or mark left by something that has passed

“there as a trail of blood”
“a tear left its trail on her cheek”
Types:
slot
the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
spoor
the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game
Type of:
course, path, track
a line or route along which something travels or moves

n evidence pointing to a possible solution

Synonyms:
lead, track
Type of:
evidence, grounds
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

v to lag or linger behind

Synonyms:
drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back
Type of:
dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

v move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

“John trailed behind his class mates”
“The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart”
Synonyms:
shack
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

v go after with the intent to catch

Synonyms:
chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track
Types:
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tree
chase an animal up a tree
quest
search the trail of (game)
hound, hunt, trace
pursue or chase relentlessly
run down
pursue until captured
ferret
hound or harry relentlessly
Type of:
follow, pursue
follow in or as if in pursuit

v hang down so as to drag along the ground

“The bride's veiled trailed along the ground”
Synonyms
train
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

v drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

“The toddler was trailing his pants”
Synonyms:
train
Type of:
drag
pull, as against a resistance
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