Synonyms for trail
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : treyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : treɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for trail Other synonyms for the word trail
- beaten track
- bedog
- bring up the rear
- byway
- dally
- dangle
- dawdle
- delay
- dog
- drag
- draggle
- draw
- droop
- drop back
- extend
- fall back
- flag
- follow a scent
- footpath
- footprints
- footsteps
- groove
- halt
- hang
- hang back
- hang down
- haul
- hunt
- linger
- loiter
- mark
- marks
- nose out
- plod
- poke
- poke along
- procrastinate
- pursue
- rut
- scent
- shadow
- shag
- spook
- spoor
- stalk
- straggle
- string along
- stroll
- tag along
- tail
- take out after
- tarry
- tow
- trace
- track
- train
- traipse
- trudge
- wake
- way
Définition of trail
Origin :- c.1300, "to hang down loosely and flow behind," from Old French trailler "to tow," ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tragulare "to drag," from Latin tragula "dragnet," probably related to trahere "to pull" (see tract (n.1)). The meaning "follow the trail of" (an animal, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Related: Trailed; trailing.
- noun path, track
- verb lag behind, follow
- After all, it was not a simple thing to put Bill Dozier off the trail.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- You're a proud man; you've never quit a trail yet before the end of it.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- When he got on my trail he knew that I was just a scared kid who thought he'd killed a man.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- At least, they would go with caution down his trail after that first check.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- But, speakin' personal, this trail looks more and more interestin' to me.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- In the meantime someone had picked up the trail to the cliff, and Dozier followed it.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I promise you we'll keep on your trail until we've run you all into the ground.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Every day, as Howkawanda worked out the trail, he marked it with stone and tree-blazes.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Then, just as we thought we had it, the wolf water came and gnawed the trail in two.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The trail found itself under my feet; I was not in the least wearied.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
Antonyms for trail
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