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trail


Definition: Meaning of, trail in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / treɪl /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
trail trailed trailed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
trailing trails
  1. pull [intransitive and transitive] to pull something behind you, especially along the ground, or to be pulled in this way
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  2. walk slowly [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk slowly, especially behind other people because you are tired or bored
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  3. lose a competition [intransitive,transitive usually in progressive] to be losing in a game, competition, or election
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  4. follow somebody [transitive] to follow someone by looking for signs that they have gone in a particular direction
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trail trails
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  1. a rough path across countryside or through a forest
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  2. a long line or a series of marks that have been left by someone or something
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  3. a series of unpleasant situations or feelings that have been left by someone or something
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  4. a sign that a person or animal has been in a place, used for finding or catching them
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  5. be on the trail of somebody/something to be trying to find someone or something by getting information about them
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  6. all the places that a particular group of people visit for a particular purpose
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  7. the set of things that someone does to achieve something
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trail used in phrases

  • Chisholm Trail
    1. the Chisholm Trail a path used for moving millions of cattle from Texas to Kansas during the 1800s
  • Iditarod Trail (noun)
    1. a trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome
  • Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race (noun)
    1. an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail
  • Indian trail (noun)
    1. a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians
  • Oregon Trail, the
    1. one of the main paths across the US to the western part of the country, used by PIONEER s (= people who are the first to go and live in an unknown land) in the mid-19th century. The Trail crossed the GREAT PLAINS and the ROCKY MOUNTAINS before turning towards Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The journey took around six months, and was extremely dangerous. The PIONEERs did not have good equipment, and they often suffered from illness or were attacked by NATIVE AMERICAN s .
  • Santa Fe Trail
    1. the Sante Fe Trail an important road in the West of the US, starting in Missouri and ending in Santa Fe, which was used in the 19th century by American SETTLER s
  • Trail of Tears, the
    1. the path that the Cherokees travelled in the autumn and winter of 1838 to 1839 because the US government forced them to move away from their homes in the southeast US to RESERVATION s west of the Mississippi River. The journey was extremely long, cold, and difficult, and about 4000 Cherokees died.
  • audit trail (noun)
    1. ACCOUNTING records which show a series of steps leading to the present financial situation
    2. an electronic or paper record of how a computer is used
  • blaze a trail (verb)
    1. informal to show the way or proceed rapidly
    2. informal set precedent or do something novel; break new ground
  • cattle trail (noun)
    1. a trail over which cattle were driven to market
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trail used in phrasal verbs

  • trail away (phrasal verb)
    1. if someone’s voice or words trail away or trail off, they gradually become silent
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