trail : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trail	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for trail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trail n a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek" a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" Synonym(s): lead, track, trail v to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" Synonym(s): drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" Synonym(s): chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart" Synonym(s): trail, shack hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground" drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her" Synonym(s): trail, train
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trail \Trail\, v. i. 1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after. When his brother saw the red blood trail. --Spenser. 2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trail \Trail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trailing}.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing a boat. See {Trace}, v. t.] 1. To hunt by the track; to track.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trail \Trail\, n. 1. A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail. They traveled in the bed of the brook, leaving no dangerous trail. --Cooper. How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! --Shak. 2. A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains. 3. Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke. When lightning shoots in glittering trails along. --Rowe. 4. Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train. [bd]A radiant trail of hair.[b8] --Pope. 5. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle. [Obs.] 6. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis. [Obs.] 7. The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep. The woodcock is a favorite with epicures, and served with its trail in, is a delicious dish. --Baird. 8. (Mil.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of {Gun carriage}, under {Gun}. 9. The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition. [Prov. Eng.] {Trail boards} (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead. {Trail net}, a net that is trailed or drawn behind a boat. --Wright.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Trail, MN (city, FIPS 65344) Location: 47.78372 N, 95.69906 W Population (1990): 67 (36 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56684 Trail, OR Zip code(s): 97541