Dictionary Entry
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.
- 2transitive verb
To hunt by the track; to track.
- 3transitive verb
To draw or drag, as along the ground.
- 4transitive 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.
- 5transitive verb
To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
- 6transitive verb
To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
- 7intransitive verb
To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
- 8intransitive verb
To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
- 9noun
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.
- 10noun
A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
- 11noun
Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
- 12noun
Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
- 13noun
Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
- 14noun
A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
- 15noun
The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
- 16noun
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.
- 17noun
The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
- 18noun
a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
- 19noun
evidence pointing to a possible solution
"the police are following a promising lead"
"the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
- 20noun
a track or mark left by something that has passed
"there as a trail of blood"
"a tear left its trail on her cheek"
- 21verb
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
"The toddler was trailing his pants"
"She trained her long scarf behind her"
Synonyms
- 22verb
hang down so as to drag along the ground
"The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"
- 23verb
go after with the intent to catch
"The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"
"the dog chased the rabbit"
- 24verb
to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
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- 25verb
move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
"John trailed behind his class mates"
"The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
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