trail

1. (transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).Examples: "The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods."transitive

2. (transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.Examples: "You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that."; "Our little life is but a gust That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust!"; ""I saw your brother—I saw your brother," he said, nodding his head, as Archer lagged past him, trailing his spade, and scowling at the old gentleman in spectacles."transitive

3. (transitive) To leave (a trail of).Examples: "He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place."transitive

4. (transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.Examples: "His new film was trailed on TV last night."; "There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement."transitive

5. (intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.Examples: "The bride's long dress trailed behind her as she walked down the aisle."; "Even now I behold a sign, A threatening of wrath divine, A watery, wandering star, through whose streaming hair, and the white Unfolding garments of light, That trail behind it afar, The constellations shine!"; "Cumberland sausage is about half as thick as your wrist and extends in a single rope several feet long, so that Mistrootchinson [Mister Hutchinson, the butcher], having weighed you one end while the other trailed over the edge of the scale, would then cut it for you like a draper selling a length of tape."intransitive

6. (intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.Examples: "The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows."intransitive