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Definition of "trail" []
- To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash. (verb-transitive)
- To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily. (verb-transitive)
- To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track. (verb-transitive)
- To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive. (verb-transitive)
- To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer. (verb-transitive)
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Use "trail" in a sentence
- "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."
- ""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_!""
- "But, Dad He let the word trail as he gestured to us."