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Pronunciation

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Adjective

to converge in the direction of travel

Antonyms

facing

Derived terms

trailing points

Verb

trailing

Category:English present participles

vi:trailing

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Trail \Trail\ (tr[=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Trailing.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a
deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue
him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line;
probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L.
traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small
sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the
ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope
for drawing a boat. See Trace, v. t.]
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1.
(a) To hunt by the track; to track.
(b) to follow behind.
(c) To pursue. --Halliwell.
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2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
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And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
--Dryden.
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They shall not trail me through their streets
Like a wild beast. --Milton.
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Long behind he trails his pompous robe. --Pope.
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3. (Mil.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the
ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece
being held by the right hand near the middle.
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4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay
flat. --Longfellow.
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5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
[Prov. Eng.]
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I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly
termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her
ignorance. --C. Bronte.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Trailing \Trail"ing\,
a. & vb. n. from Trail.
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Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus.

Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the
trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as
to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. --Weale.

Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not
a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a
carriage.
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WordNet trailing
adj : having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
"behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
team trailing" [syn: behind(p)]
n : the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
marks they left behind [syn: tracking]

Moby Dictionary
bugging , chase , chasing , cloak-and-dagger work , consecutive ,
counterespionage , counterintelligence , dogging ,
electronic surveillance , espial , espionage , follow , follow-up ,
following , heeling , hounding , hue and cry , hunting , intelligence ,
intelligence work , military intelligence , observation , prosecution ,
pursual , pursuance , pursuing , pursuit , quest , searching ,
secret police , secret service , seeking , sequel , sequence , series ,
shadowing , spying , stakeout , stalking , succeeding , surveillance ,
tailing , tracking , tracking down , wiretap , wiretapping