1. To lag or linger behind
   "But in so many other areas we still are trailing";
   - drag, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
    
2. Go after with the intent to catch
   "The policeman trailed the mugger down the alley";
   - chase, chase after, tag, give chase, go after, track, chase down
    
3. Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
   "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart";
   - shack
    
4. Hang down so as to drag along the ground
   "The bride's veil trailed along the ground"
    
5. Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
   "The toddler was trailing his pants";
   - train
    
6. Show a trailer; release or publish a preview
   "The studio trailed the new movie"

1. A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
   "Hikers followed the rugged trail through the dense forest"
    
2. A track or mark left by something that has passed
   "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
    
3. Evidence pointing to a possible solution
   "the trail led straight to the perpetrator";
   - lead, track

Derived forms: trails, trailing, trailed

Type of: cart track, cartroad, course, dawdle, drag, evidence, fall back, fall behind, follow, go, grounds, hang, lag, locomote, move, path, pursue, track, travel

Encyclopedia: Trail, OR