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Meaning of trail

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  trail
      n 1: a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there
           as a trail of blood"; "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; "the police are
         following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the
         perpetrator" [syn: {lead}, {track}, {trail}]
      v 1: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we
           still are dragging" [syn: {drag}, {trail}, {get behind},
           {hang back}, {drop behind}, {drop back}]
      2: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the
         mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn:
         {chase}, {chase after}, {trail}, {tail}, {tag}, {give chase},
         {dog}, {go after}, {track}]
      3: move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed
         behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the
         horse cart" [syn: {trail}, {shack}]
      4: hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled
         trailed along the ground"
      5: drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The
         toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf
         behind her" [syn: {trail}, {train}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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