trail
IPA: trˈeɪɫ
noun
- 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 route or circuit generally.
- (television) A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
- (graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.
- The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground.
- A city in British Columbia, Canada.
- A city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States.
- A census-designated place in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
verb
- (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 create a trail in.
- To travel by following or creating trails.
- To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail.
- (dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
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Examples of "trail" in Sentences
- The trail ascends to the summit.
- The damage to the trail was repaired.
- The hardships of the trail were many.
- The carriage was of the split trail type.
- Start of the trail at the end of the road.
- Controversy surrounded the creation of the trail.
- The difficulty of the trail is often underestimated.
- But, Dad He let the word trail as he gestured to us.
- See the Bushy Creek Trail and the Koonung Creek Trail.
- The trail leaves the Pacific Crest Trail from the diversion dam.
- The primary surface finish of the trail is a stone dust surface.
- The Metacomet Monadnock Trail and the Robert Frost Trail traverse the mountain.
- And this season they're on the title trail once more, tucked in on Chesterfield's shoulder at the top of League Two.
- "Let my brothers make sure that they do not lose the trail; they must look at the ground often: when they do not see the path they must stop and await the rising of the sun; they can not reach the cabin too soon, but they can never reach it by going wrong; _keep to the trail_!"
- The following morning we rose bright and early and after checking and splitting our gear and food equally we drove out of Attapeu and headed to the village of Pa-am on part of the Ho Chi Minh trail, a reminder of this trail is the Russian old surface to air missile which still stands in its place.
- There are two ways of employing it: one when it appears on back and front of the trunk, so that the trail can be run both ways; the other when it appears on but one side of each tree, making a _blind trail_, which can be run one way only, the blind trail is often used by trappers and prospectors, who do not wish anyone to follow their back track.