trail
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- noun
- /treɪl/
- The detective followed the trail of footprints in the snow to find the missing hiker.
- left a trail
- follow the trail
- scent trail
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so she follows this like blood trail to their office room.
- And so she follows this like blood trail to their office room.
- So she goes, Nah, man, chemtrails, you know, the trails that planes leave in the sky.
- And this is how ants make their trails up into my apartment and and take crumbs.
- Half of her grass Hut that she lived in was eaten, eaten by a trail of termites.
Examples
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Broadbent crouches by the trail and picks up a hunk of pale gray lichen.
Academic text (2008) -
And so she follows this like blood trail to their office room.
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Then a great head appears at the top of the trail, just above where I had stopped.
Fiction book (1990) -
At least we left a trail marker we saw now.
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We've now been on the trail for well over an hour.
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There's a trail of blood in every city across this country.
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The boundaries for the study site were based upon the trail systems and topography.
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There are many natural places for people to recreate, including access to beaches, trails, and natural environments.
Academic text (2011) -
Is the northeastern corner of Texas the end of the trail for the Cherokee?
Academic text (1991) -
No tribesman had passed them in two days, and the trail had all but vanished beneath.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A way or track that people and things move along for travel
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A small sign that something was there
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A lasting sign that someone or something was once present and had an effect
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The track or footprint an animal leaves in soft ground
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A narrow path through woods or fields made by deer walking
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Marks on the ground that animals, people, or vehicles make when they move
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A path for people who ride horses
Footprints or marks left on the ground by people and animals
A line of sawdust that leads to a workshop
A path used to drive cattle to market or to other grazing land
Idioms
Compounds
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An old route in the United States where cowboys drove cattle from Texas to Kansas in the late 1800s
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A light motorcycle made for riding on rough unpaved paths with strong tires and springs to absorb bumps
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An old route from Missouri to New Mexico used by settlers moving west in the 1800s
A long dog sled race across Alaska that happens every year and covers about 1,000 miles
How Visible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trail comes from the Latin root trahere 'to pull', which gave the image of a line left behind as something moves. So a trail is a visible mark or track left by a person, animal, or thing.