trail

Definition

  • n. a track or mark left by something that has passed
  • n. a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
  • v. move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
  • v. hang down so as to drag along the ground

Word forms

Past tense
trailed
Present participle
trailing
Third person singular
trails
Past participle
trailed

Example sentences

  1. n.

    We followed the trail left by the deer through the forest.

  2. vt.

    She decided to trail behind her friends to take some photos.

  3. vi.

    The long dress she wore trailed behind her as she walked.