1. • noun - a track or mark left by something that has passed
   • noun - a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
   • noun - evidence pointing to a possible solution
   • verb - to lag or linger behind
   • verb - go after with the intent to catch
   • verb - move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
   • verb - hang down so as to drag along the ground
   • verb - drag loosely along a surface
2. • To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash.
   • To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
   • To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
   • To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive.
   • To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.
   • To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games.
   • To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen’s long robe trailed behind.
   • To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden.
   • To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire.
   • To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion.
   • To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge.
   • To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period.
   • Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.
   • Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: the senator, followed by a trail of reporters.
   • A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises.
   • A mark or trace left by something that has moved or been dragged by.
   • A succession of such marks indicating a course taken; a track: the trail of a hunted animal.
   • A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.
   • An overland route: the pioneers’ trail across the prairies.
   • The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.
   • The act of trailing.
3. • v - to drag along a surface

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