Trail Definition
trāl
trailed, trailing, trails
verb
trailed, trailing, trails
To hang down, esp. behind, so as to drag on the ground, etc.
Webster's New World
To bring along behind.
Trailing exhaust fumes.
Webster's New World
To extend in an irregular line; straggle.
Webster's New World
To pull or tow.
Webster's New World
To move, walk, go along, etc. wearily, heavily, or slowly; crawl; drag.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
- be leading
- forge-ahead
- lead
noun
trails
A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.
American Heritage
A path or track made by repeated passage or deliberately blazed.
Webster's New World
A marked course through one or more bodies of water, as for recreational boaters or divers.
American Heritage
Any route or journey.
Candidates on the campaign trail.
Webster's New World
Something that trails or is trailed behind.
Webster's New World
Origin of Trail
Middle English trailen probably from Old French trailler to hunt without a foreknown course from Vulgar Latin trāgulāre to make a deer double back and forth perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin trāgula dragnet) of Latin trahere to pull, draw
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin trahere, to drag along
From Wiktionary
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