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trail
Anoun
trail
 a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
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lead, track, trail
 evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
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trail
 a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
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Bverb
trail, train
 drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"
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trail
 hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"
chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
 go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
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drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
 to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
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trail, shack
 move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly; "John trailed behind behis class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
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