trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trāl
ipa: /tɹeɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: trails
Etymology: From Middle English trailen, from Old French trailler (“to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry”), from Vulgar Latin *tragulāre (“to drag”), from Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to Latin trahere (“to pull, drag along”).
Senses: examples: text: trail of blood
text: condensation trail
text: data trail, paper trail
synonyms: spoor
sign
glosses: The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
synonyms: dirt track
footpath
path
track
glosses: A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
examples: text: Politicians are on the campaign trail in preparation for this year's election.
glosses: A route or circuit generally.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A walk in which all the edges are distinct.
glosses: The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: audit trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: blaze a trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: blazoned trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: bridle trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: bunny trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: condensation trail
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word: contrail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: cross-trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: data trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: Eulerian trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: happy trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: hash trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: hike the Appalachian Trail
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word: hippie trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: hit the trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: hoot owl trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: hot on the trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: light trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: monkey trail
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word: nature trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: off-trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: owl hoot trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: paper-trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: paper trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: rabbit trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: rail-trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: rail trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: sawdust trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: snail trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: star trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: throw off the trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail angel
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word: trail bike
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
english: see blazer
translation: see blazer
word: trailblazer
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trailblazing
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail-blazing
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word: trail boat
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word: trail braking
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word: trail camera
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word: trail hand
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word: trail head
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail hitter
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail hunt
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail map
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail mix
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail name
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail of tears
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trail ridge scrub grasshopper
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: treasure trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: trim trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: vapor trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: vapo(u)r trail
sense: Terms derived from trail (noun)
word: wombat trail
Related terms: path
track