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trail
A	noun
	1	trail
			a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚way ╚road; route ╚track; cart track; cartroad ╚trail ╚ski run; ski trail ╚Santa Fe Trail ╚mountain trail ╚Indian trail ╚Iditarod Trail ╚horse-trail ╚deer trail ╚cattle trail
	2	lead, track, trail
			evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚information ╚evidence; grounds ╚lead, track, trail
	3	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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚line ╚path; track; course ╚trail ╚spoor ╚slot
B	verb
	1	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"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚pull; draw; force ╚drag ╚trail, train
	2	trail
			hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"

	3	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"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚pursue; follow ╚chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track ╚quest
	4	drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
			to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚follow ╚lag; dawdle; fall back; fall behind ╚drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
	5	trail, shack
			move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly; "John trailed behind behis class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚trail, shack

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