trailing
- noun
- /ˈtreɪlɪŋ/
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seguimiento
- During the safari, we observed the guide trailing the footprints of a lion to find its resting place.
Look into those three things, do some rabbit trailing and I'll stop there.
- Look into those three things, do some rabbit trailing and I'll stop there.
Examples
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For instance, I blew a hole and I've been trailing it or any night has and they've been trailing for three miles.
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Say for instance, I blew a hole and I've been trailing it or at any night has and they've been trailing for three miles.
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The dog skillfully followed the scent, demonstrating his talent for trailing deer through the forest.
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The detective was expert at trailing suspects to gather important evidence for the case.
Synonyms
232
1.0
A pursuit to catch someone or something
157
4.0
To follow and try to catch someone or something
43
2.2
Looking carefully to find something or someone
40
6.1
Following an animal quietly to get near it before you hunt it
25
2.7
Following animal or person tracks to find them
22
6.3
A quiet search around a place for something
12
7.1
To follow someone without their knowledge to watch where they go
1
7.9
A quiet hunt in which a hunter moves slowly to catch an animal
Following someone to try to catch them
The act of going after someone to catch them
Compounds
A low shrub that keeps green leaves all year and has pink or white flowers that smell sweet
- Archaic
A pair of wheels not powered placed behind the driving wheels on a steam locomotive
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Etymology
Trailing comes from the verb trail, which originally meant 'to pull' or 'drag' from the old Latin trahere 'to pull', the same root as tractor. So to trail someone is to follow their path or tracks, as if you are being pulled along behind them.