trail :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

n. a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"

n. evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

track, print

n. the trail of scent left by a fox

trail

v. drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

trail

v. drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

entrain, draw after, draw along

v. drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

trudge, shack, travel slowly

v. move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

drag, drop behind, hang back, get behind

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

tag, chase, track, dog, tail, go after, chase after

v. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

line

n. a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

pathway, footpath

n. a trodden path

way, direction

n. a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"

cue, discriminative stimulus

n. a stimulus that provides information about what to do

follow, go after, come after, travel behind

v. to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"

tag, chase, track, dog, tail, trail, go after, chase after

v. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

stalk, haunt

v. follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

crawl, creep

v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

drag, scuff

v. walk without lifting the feet

edge, inch

v. advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

slog, plod, footslog

v. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

poke, jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

follow, go after, come after, travel behind

v. to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"

drag, trail, drop behind, hang back, get behind

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out

v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

drive

v. cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

herd, crowd, crowd together, herd together, drive together

v. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"

go along, tag along

v. go along with, often uninvited; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends"

turn back, run off, drive off, dispel, chase away, drive away, drive out

v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

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