trail

IPA: trˈeɪɫ

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.

(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.

Examples of "trail" in Sentences

But, Dad He let the word trail as he gestured to us.
The primary surface finish of the trail is a stone dust surface.
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.