trail
- noun
- /treɪl/
- During our camping trip, we followed a narrow trail that led to a beautiful waterfall.
- hiking trails
- walking trail
- biking trails
Well, I used to ride the Jeep trails on my dirt bike,
- Well, I used to ride the Jeep trails on my dirt bike,
- We were one of the few people on that trail that had bear spray.
- But why weren't these ways simply trails used to reach similar destinations?
- You know, a bear jumping out on the trail and growling, you hear his growl.
- I remember I was out running on the trails when my phone rang.
- Look for a swath of jungle where there's no trails, no roads visible from the air.
- I had my Nathan, I had my trail running shoes, my wool socks.
- I spend so much time on all trails and so much time offline hiking.
- The other visual that I use a lot is a trail leading up a mountain.
- We're at our first unmarked split in the trail and to make sure Nate doesn't pass it.
- So I'm hobbling on the trail to find this black rhino, which we did find.
- It's just to be on a trail, a trip to meeting people.
- So the Apple Watch Ultra has an ocean band, a trail loop and an Alpine band.
- Lakeside Maple specializes in trail mix baked with pure Maple syrup.
Examples
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Cally, Ridgeway, show him the horse trail.
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Today, you can still hike the trails that kids like Robert helped to clear.
Academic text (2011) -
I was walking on the trail without lights.
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The other visual that I use a lot is a trail leading up a mountain.
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We were one of the few people on that trail that had bear spray.
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The director planned to join the trail extensions in November 2006, making one large, circular trail.
Academic text (2008) -
Try to stay on this trail, because there's a lot of poison ivy along here.
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We come up the trail with Laochailand Kai leading the way.
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We decided to explore the scenic hiking trail that winds through the mountains.
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I often jog along the nature trail in the park to enjoy the fresh air.
Synonyms
A road or path people use to travel between places
A long metal or rubber band with wheels that helps heavy vehicles move over soft ground
A way or track that people and things move along for travel
A track made by people or animals that is worn down
A narrow path for people to walk on away from roads
A path in the mountains for walking or hiking
A path for riding or leading horses, not for vehicles
A narrow path through woods or fields made by deer walking
A path for people who ride horses
A rough path made by cart wheels
A prepared path on a mountain for people to ski
A path along the top of a hill used for walking or travel
A rough road in the countryside for carts
A wooden path that people build across wet or marshy ground to walk on
A small quiet path in the countryside that few people use
A path that many people or vehicles use regularly
A path clearly marked with signs or paint to show the way
A line of sawdust that leads to a workshop
A path used to drive cattle to market or to other grazing land
A path that is wet and covered in mud
A hiking path that is very dangerous and often causes injury or death for hikers
Idioms
Compounds
An old route in the United States where cowboys drove cattle from Texas to Kansas in the late 1800s
A light motorcycle made for riding on rough unpaved paths with strong tires and springs to absorb bumps
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 Rough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trail comes from the idea of a track made by moving, from the root trahere 'to pull', and is like a simple track through the land. So a trail is the rough path people or animals follow in the countryside.