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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

... She soon found the trail that led upward, though she did not recognise the point at which she had turned into the garden. She had no doubt, now, about the path she must take. It led up, up, through thorns and brambles, past the crags upon which the first light shone, and around the crest ...

— Master of the Vineyard • Myrtle Reed

... although this country be filled with enemies, render me precious" (424. 41). The hunter, in the ceremonial of the "Deer Medicine," prays: "Si! This day, My Father, thou Game Animal, even though thy trail one day and one night hast (been made) round about; however, grant unto me one step of my earth-mother. Wanting thy life-blood, wanting that flesh, hence I address to thee good fortune, address to thee treasure," etc. When he has stricken down the animal, "before the 'breath ...

— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain

... like you did the others," he ordered. While Johnny obeyed, Hopalong looked around the circle, and his eyes rested on Hogan's face, studying it, and found something there which warmed his heart. "Friend, do you know the back trail? Can you find that runt of ...

— Bar-20 Days • Clarence E. Mulford

... caught all the Rats in the net when they ran back to get in the barn. For in these places you must be as cunning as the Rats to catch them. The quickest way for a farmer to get rid of Rats is to run a long trail of good oatmeal outside his barn doors, and shoot them on a moonlight night. I have seen 11 killed at a shot in this way. They will stay eating the oatmeal because they cannot carry it away. At farms or out-houses ...

— Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher - After 25 Years' Experience • Ike Matthews

... nothing was to be seen save the twinkle here and there of the lights of the scattered country cottages. Occasionally a red signal lamp would glare down upon her like the bloodshot eye of some demon who presided over this kingdom of iron and steam. Far behind a lurid trail of smoke marked the way that they had come. To Kate's mind it was all as weird and gloomy and cheerless even as the ...

— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle

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