trail

trail is a 5-letter English word with 25 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See under T. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. See under T.
2. transitive verb. To hunt by the track; to track.
3. transitive verb. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
4. transitive verb. To carry, as 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.
5. transitive verb. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
6. transitive verb. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
7. intransitive verb. To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
8. intransitive verb. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
9. noun. 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.
10. noun. A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
11. noun. Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
12. noun. Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
13. noun. Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
14. noun. A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
15. noun. The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
16. noun. 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.
17. noun. The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
18. noun. a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
19. noun. evidence pointing to a possible solution

    "the police are following a promising lead"

    "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

    Synonyms: lead, track

20. noun. a track or mark left by something that has passed

    "there as a trail of blood"

    "a tear left its trail on her cheek"

21. verb. drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

    "The toddler was trailing his pants"

    "She trained her long scarf behind her"

    Synonyms: train

22. verb. hang down so as to drag along the ground

    "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"

23. verb. go after with the intent to catch

    "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"

    "the dog chased the rabbit"

    Synonyms: chase, dog, tag, tail, track

24. verb. to lag or linger behind

    "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

    Synonyms: drag

25. verb. move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

    "John trailed behind his class mates"

    "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

    Synonyms: shack

Synonyms

lead, track, train, chase, dog, tag, tail, drag, shack

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in trail:

litra, trial

Common word forms

trails, trailed, trailer, trailing, trailless

Words from these letters

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