Word Finder - trailing

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To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

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The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods.

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To drag (something) behind on the ground.

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You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that.

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To leave (a trail of).

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He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place.

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To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

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His new film was trailed on TV last night.

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To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.

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The bride's long dress trailed behind her as she walked down the aisle.

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To run or climb like certain plants.

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To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

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Our parents marched to church and we trailed behind.

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To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

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To carry (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.

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To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.

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To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

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Fabric or other material that trails.

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(of points and crossovers) That converges in the direction of travel.

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That which is attached and pulled behind.

Your communiqué—" "Is this real?" one of the men trailing asked in surprise.

Gerry asked, trailing her into the condo.

He chuckled again and glanced back at the others, who were trailing behind.

There are four sections in the game, namely, drawing, guarding, trailing and driving.

It was Lydia's trailing smoke that floated it to life.

Finally a trailing ivy will set off the container.

Don't forget the trailing slash at the end.

He touched her, trailing his hands down her arms.

He maneuvered past the two trailing guards and slowed his horse behind Sirian.

Mick, trailing behind with Penny, called over his shoulder, "Why don't you just round up all of Shipton's enemies, rent a stadium and interview them?"

Dread sinking into her stomach, Jessi obeyed, the other thugs trailing her.

A convenient way of describing any type of engine is by means of numerals indicating the number of wheels - (I) in the group of wheels supporting the leading or chimney end, (2) in the group of coupled wheels, and (3) in the group supporting the trailing end of the engine.

The creeping or trailing type is a common one, as in the English bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), which has also a tendency to climb, and Calystegia Soldanella, the sea-bindweed, the long creeping stem of which forms a sandbinder on English seashores; a widespread and efficient tropical sand-binder is Ipomaea Pes-Caprae.

He squints against smoke trailing from the cigarette butt, hanging limp from his mouth.

The blades are an effective solution for printers that use trailing edge squeegees.

A cavalcade of overstuffed SUVs filters back through bridge and tunnel trailing Kate Spade beach bags and pedigree pooch accouterments.

Ian studied the tiny moving speck of life, dashing around the web, trailing a thin strand of silk.

The trailing edge squeegee is inherently more flexible than the diamond squeegee, thus conforming better and more uniformly with uneven substrate surfaces.

These pipes lead to a network of small pipes that ended in the trailing edges of the wings and horizontal stabilizers.

Every now and then a horse comes staggering along the towing-path, trailing a sleepy barge filled with merchandise.

Present techniques share more in common with astronomers randomly trailing the sky for new supernovae.

The big trout trigger points on this fly are the trailing pheasant tail legs, which identify this fly to the fish.

Saari's delicately colored hats, trailing long tendrils, bring fantasy and a touch of fairytale.

In this case the testpiece monitoring thermocouple must have sufficiently long trailing leads to accommodate the opening of the furnace.

Two additional sidings eventually transpired on the ' ' down ' ' side, trailing off to the west of the platforms.

However they always show blackish underwings with a white trailing edge, which can be a good identification clue, even at long distance.

The belt is quite narrow, trailing off into clay vales along the southern or eastern dip slopes.

The vortex patterns correspond to the intersection of the laser sheet with the trailing, helical vortices from the turbine blades.

These are usually whitish in color, and there may be yellowish mucus trailing from them.

Tom's Hydra took off, and then there was a big whoosh and something flew off, trailing smoke.

The object at the bottom left is the trailing edge of the starboard wing.

All values must be given to the correct precision, including trailing zeros.

The shores of the larger islands are fringed in some parts with a dense barrier of mangroves, backed by an often impenetrable thicket of tropical undergrowth, which, as the ridges are ascended, give place to taller trees and deep green bushes which are covered with orchids and trailing moss (orchilla), and from which creepers hang down interlacing the vegetation.

In the case where either the leading or trailing group of small wheels is absent the numeral o must be used in the series of three numbers used in the description.

With use of imaging, the trailing end of the wire is located and is withdrawn until its end reaches the distal scaphoid cortex.

The difference between the trailing ends of both wires shown in the photograph on the left is the scaphoid length.

Of all things in the world it fell on my ears like the trailing of silken robes - soft in sound, yet rustling.

Do n't forget the trailing slash at the end.

Tears streamed from his eyes, drifting backward through the slipstream created by his wings like a rain of sadness trailing through the sky.

Mustoe made a rather silly tackle on the edge of the box, leaving his trailing leg out for Ben Fitch to fly over.

Saari 's delicately colored hats, trailing long tendrils, bring fantasy and a touch of fairytale.

The return status is always 0. If -n is specified, the trailing newline is suppressed.

The text is a string with leading and trailing whitespace stripped; if the source is not available it is None.

A trailing slash may or may not be required, depending on the program.

Or alternatively can utilize optional wireless technology to save trailing wires around the house.

Other whirlwinds The third grouping, other whirlwinds, includes those such as trailing vortices.

Tom 's Hydra took off, and then there was a big whoosh and something flew off, trailing smoke.

With the wingtip missile rails removed and the trailing edge reshaped they are almost a perfect match.

Tie on additional lengths of ribbon with trailing ends and then curl each ribbon strand.

A classic yellow Easter dress with puffy sleeves is included here as well, with smocked white ducklings trailing the center of it.