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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French trailler (“to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *tragulare (“to drag”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to trahere (“to pull, drag along”)

Pronunciation

enPR: trāl, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /tɹeɪl/
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)
Audio (US): (file)
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

trail (third-person singular simple present trails, present participle trailing, simple past and past participle trailed)

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods.
(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.
You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
  "I saw your brother—I saw your brother," he said, nodding his head, as Archer lagged past him, trailing his spade, and scowling at the old gentleman in spectacles.
(transitive) To leave (a trail of).
He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place.
(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
His new film was trailed on TV last night.

There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement.
To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
- 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
  Neil Lennon and his players have, in almost no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear.
(military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
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(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
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  I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.

Derived terms

Translations

follow behind

Danish: Lua error: Parameter 1 is required.
Finnish: {{}}, j (fi)
French: pister (fr), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "f" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Galician: seguir (gl), [Term?]
German: folgen (de), ven (de), nn (de), Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "den" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., nachsen (de)
Italian: {{}}, {{}}, {{}

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Maori: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "m" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Polish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "p" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., [Term?]tpos
Portuguese: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "p" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Russian: идти по ; высле́ь (ru) impf (vysléʹ), ь (ru) pf (ʹ)
Spanish: segr (es)
Ukrainian: пер (per)

drag behind

Arabic: جَرَّ (jarra)
Catalan: arrossegar (ca)
Finnish: raahata (fi)
French: traîner (fr)
Galician: arrousar, ransir, restrexar, arrastrar (gl)
German: schleppen (de), schleifen (de), ziehen (de)
Italian: trascinare (it), trainare (it), strascicare (it)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Maori: kitō (of a garment), kitō
Portuguese: arrastar (pt)
Russian: тяну́ть (ru) (tjanútʹ), волочи́ть (ru) (voločítʹ), тащи́ть (ru) (taščítʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: slaod
Spanish: arrastrar (es)
Ukrainian: тягти (tjahty)

leave (a trail of)

Finnish: [Term?]
German: zurücklassen (de), eine S
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: lasci [[]] di

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Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

trail ()

Wikipedia

trail (plural trails)

The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
A route fora narrow, [[unpavers, horseback riders, etc.
A trailer broadcastr a forthcoming film or programme.
(graph theory) A walk in l the edges are distinct.

Synonyms

(track of an animal): spoor, sign
(route for travel over land): dirt track, footpath, path, track

Derived terms

Terms derived from trail (noun)

condensation trail, contrail
pa
{{l|en|sawdus}

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{{l|en|tra }
trr (see r)

Template:r

trail
tr
trail

Translations

footprints or signs of something/someone has passed previously

Catalan: [Term?]
German: {{}}
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: Lua error: Parameter 1 is required.
Maori: papar},ea

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Catalan: rastre m, pista (ca) f
Danish: spor
Dutch: spoor (nl)
Finnish: jälki (fi)
French: piste (fr) f, traces (fr) f pl
Georgian: ნაკვალევი (naḳvalevi), კვალი (ḳvali)
German: Spur (de) f
Greek: ίχνος (el) n (íchnos)
Italian: traccia (it) f, pista (it) f
Latin: vestīgia n pl
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Maori: makatea
Polish: trop (pl) m
Portuguese: rasto (pt) m, rastro (pt) m
Russian: след (ru) m (sled)
Spanish: pista (es) f, rastro (es) m
Swedish: spår (sv) n
Tagalog: bagnos
Telugu: జాడ (te) (jāḍa)
Ukrainian: слід (slid)

route for travel over land

Armenian: արահետ (hy) (arahet), շավիղ (hy) (šaviġ)
Bashkir: һуҡмаҡ (huqmaq)
Catalan: pista (ca) f, corriol (ca) m
Chinese:
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Dutch: route (nl), pad (nl) n
Esperanto: vojsulko
Finnish: reitti (fi), eräreitti, polku (fi)
French: piste (fr) f, senter (fr) m
Galician: seiro (gl) m
Georgian: ბიკი (biḳi)
German: Lua error: Module:parameters:290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "de}, Weg (de) <abbr title=\"masculine gender\">m</abbr>\

Greek: [Term?]tpos <abbr title=\"neuter gender\">n</abbr>\

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Korean: Template:t-needd
Latin: semit f
Maori: u, maheu, ara
Persian: مالرو
Polish: śa (pl) f
Portuguese: f (pt)
Romanian: {{t-}
Russian: f (ru)
Scottish Gaelic: Template:te
Spanish: sem (es)
Swedish: sti (sv) c, led (sv) c
Telugu: Lua error: Parameter 1 is required.
Turkish: Template:t-nee
Ukrainian: стежка (stežka), стежи́ f (stežý), стежи́нка (stežýnka)

graph theory: a walk

Danish: tur (da) c
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Hebrew: מסילה f

Anagrams

litra, trial

French

Noun

trail f (plural trails)

Dual-sport motorcycle
Trail running

@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 ====Translations====
 {{trans-top|follow behind}}
-* Danish: {{t|da|følge}}
+* Danish: {{t}}
-* Finnish: {{t+|fi|seurata}}, {{t+|fi|jäljittää}}
+* Finnish: {{}}, {{t+|fi|j}}
-* French: {{t+|fr|pister}}, {{t+|fr|suivre}}
+* French: {{t+|fr|pister}}, {{t+|f}}
-* Galician: {{t+|gl|seguir}}, {{t|gl|siguir}}
+* Galician: {{t+|gl|seguir}}, {{t|gl}}
-* German: {{t+|de|folgen}}, {{t+|de|verfolgen}}, {{t+|de|nachstellen}}, {{t|de|nacheilen}}, {{t+|de|nachsetzen}}
+* German: {{t+|de|folgen}}, {{t+|de|ven}}, {{t+|de|nn}}, {{t|den}}, {{t+|de|nachsen}}
-* Italian: {{t+|it|pedinare}}, {{t+|it|seguire}}, {{t+|it|inseguire}}
+* Italian: {{}}, {{}}, {{}
-{{trans-mid}}
+{{}
-* Maori: {{t|mi|aru}}
+* Maori: {{t|m}}
-* Polish: {{t+|pl|śledzić}}, {{t+|pl|tropić}}
+* Polish: {{t+|p}}, {{t+|pl}}
-* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|seguir}}
+* Portuguese: {{t+|p}}
-* Russian: [[идти по следу]]; {{t+|ru|высле́живать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вы́следить|pf}}
+* Russian: [[идти по ]]; {{t+|ru|высле́ь|impf}}, {{t+|ru|ь|pf}}
-* Spanish: {{t+|es|seguir}}
+* Spanish: {{t+|es|segr}}
-* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|переслідувати}}
+* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|пер}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
@@ Line 76: / Line 76: @@
 {{trans-top|leave (a trail of)}}
-* Finnish: {{t|fi|jättää jälkeensä}}
+* Finnish: {{t|fi}}
-* German: {{t+|de|zurücklassen}}, {{t|de|eine Spur hinter sich lassen}}
+* German: {{t+|de|zurücklassen}}, {{t|de|eine S}}
 {{trans-mid}}
-* Italian: [[lasciare|lasciar]] [[traccia|tracce]] di
+* Italian: [[lasci]] [[]] di
-{{trans-bottom}}
+{{t}}
 ===Noun===
-{{wikipedia|trail|trail (route)}}
+{{wikipedia|trail|trail ()}}
 {{en-noun}}
 # The [[track]] or [[indication]] marking the [[route]] followed by something that has passed, such as the [[footprint]]s of animal on land or the [[contrail]] of an airplane in the sky.
-# A route for travel over land, especially a [[narrow]], [[unpaved]] [[pathway]] for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
+# A route fora [[narrow]], [[unpavers, horseback riders, etc.
-# A [[trailer]] broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
+# A [[trailer]] broadcastr a forthcoming film or programme.
-# {{lb|en|graph theory}} A [[walk]] in which all the [[edge|edges]] are [[distinct]].
+# {{lb|en|graph theory}} A [[walk]] in l the [[edge|edges]] are [[distinct]].
 ====Synonyms====
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 {{rel-top3|Terms derived from ''trail'' (noun)}}
 * {{l|en|condensation trail}}, {{l|en|contrail}}
-* {{l|en|paper trail}}
+* {{l|en|pa}}
-* {{l|en|sawdust trail}}
+* {{l|en|sawdus}
 {{rel-mid3}}
-* {{l|en|star trail}}
+* {{l|etrail}}
-* {{l|en|trail bike}}
+* {{l|en|tra }
-* {{l|en|trailblazer}} (see [[blazer]])
+* {{l|en|trr}} (see [[r]])
-{{rel-mid3}}
+{{r}}
-* {{l|en|trailblazing}}
+* {{l|en|trail}}
-* {{l|en|trail mix}}
+* {{l|en|tr}}
-* {{l|en|vapour trail|vapo(u)r trail}}
+* {{l|en|trail}}
 {{rel-bottom}}
 ====Translations====
 {{trans-top|footprints or signs of something/someone has passed previously}}
-* Catalan: {{t|ca|rastre|m}}
+* Catalan: {{t|ca}}
-* German: {{t+|de|Spur|f}}
+* German: {{}}
 {{trans-mid}}
-* Italian: {{t+|it|strascico|m}}
+* Italian: {{t+}}
-* Maori: {{t|mi|paparahi}}, {{t|mi|makatea}}
+* Maori: {{t|mi|papar},ea}}
-{{trans-bottom}}
+{{trans-}}
+{{tr}}
-{{trans-top|track followed by a hunter}}
 * Catalan: {{t|ca|rastre|m}}, {{t+|ca|pista|f}}
 * Danish: {{t|da|spor}}
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 * Esperanto: {{t|eo|vojsulko}}
 * Finnish: {{t+|fi|reitti}}, {{t|fi|eräreitti}}, {{t+|fi|polku}}
-* French: {{t+|fr|piste|f}}, {{t+|fr|sentier|m}}
+* French: {{t+|fr|piste|f}}, {{t+|fr|senter|m}}
-* Galician: {{t+|gl|sendeiro|m}}
+* Galician: {{t+|gl|seiro|m}}
-* Georgian: {{t|ka|ბილიკი}}
+* Georgian: {{t|ka|ბიკი}}
-* German: {{t+|de|Pfad|m}}, {{t+|de|Weg|m}}
+* German: {{t+|de}, {{t+|de|Weg|m}}
-* Greek: {{t+|el|μονοπάτι|n}}
+* Greek: {{t+|el||n}}
-* Italian: {{t+|it|sentiero|m}}, {{t+|it|pista|f}}
+* Italian: {{t|m}}, {{t+|it|pista|f}}
-{{trans-mid}}
+{}}
-* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
+* Korean: {{t-needd|ko}}
-* Latin: {{t|la|semita|f}}
+* Latin: {{t|la|semit|f}}
-* Maori: {{t|mi|makenu}}, {{t|mi|maheu}}, {{t|mi|ara}}
+* Maori: {{t|mi|u}}, {{t|mi|maheu}}, {{t|mi|ara}}
-* Persian: {{t|fa|مالرو|tr=mâlrow|sc=fa-Arab}}
+* Persian: {{t|fa|مالرو|}}
-* Polish: {{t+|pl|ścieżka|f}}
+* Polish: {{t+|pl|śa|f}}
-* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trilha|f}}
+* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|f}}
-* Romanian: {{t-needed|ro}}
+* Romanian: {{t-}
-* Russian: {{t+|ru|тропа́|f}}
+* Russian: {{t+|ru|f}}
-* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|slighe|f}}
+* Scottish Gaelic: {{te|f}}
-* Spanish: {{t+|es|sendero|m}}
+* Spanish: {{t+|es|sem}}
-* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stig|c}}, {{t+|sv|led|c}}
+* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sti|c}}, {{t+|sv|led|c}}
-* Telugu: {{t+|te|జాడ|tr=jaaDa}}
+* Telugu: {{t}}
-* Turkish: {{t-needed|tr}}
+* Turkish: {{t-nee}}
-* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|стежка}}, {{t|uk|стежи́на|f}}, {{t|uk|стежи́нка}}
+* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|стежка}}, {{t|uk|стежи́|f}}, {{t|uk|стежи́нка}}
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