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trail       (trāl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   trailed, trail·ing, trails

v.   tr.
  1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash.
  2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
    1. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
    2. To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive.
  4. To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.
  5. To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games.

v.   intr.
  1. To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen's long robe trailed behind.
  2. To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden.
  3. To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire.
  4. To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion.
  5. To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge.
  6. To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period.

n.  
    1. A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.
    2. An overland route: the pioneers' trail across the prairies.
    3. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.
    4. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox.
    1. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.
    2. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox.
  3. Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: The mayor was followed by a trail of reporters.
  4. A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises.
  5. Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.
  6. The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.
  7. The act of trailing.


[Middle English trailen, probably from Old French trailler, to hunt without a foreknown course, from Vulgar Latin *trāgulāre, to make a deer double back and forth, perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin trāgula, dragnet) of Latin trahere, to pull, draw.]

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Beechwood Trails, OH (CDP, FIPS 5013) Location: 40.02366 N, 82.65094 W
Population (1990): 1875 (585 housing units)
Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Susquehanna Trails, PA (CDP, FIPS 75574) Location: 39.75850 N, 76.36843 W
Population (1990): 1419 (745 housing units)
Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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