trail

v

1. drag, draw, draw along, haul, hale, pull along; tag along, trawl, tow, tug, lug, train.

2. follow, pursue, trace, hunt, track down. See trace(def. 7).

3. draw out, prolong, stretch out, protract; extend, lengthen, drag on or out, elongate, expand; spin out, linger on, continue.

4. hang down, dangle, depend, pend; droop, sag, swag; swing, flap, daggle, drabble; bob, ripple, flutter; wave, stream from, float from, flow.

5.Usu. trail off

wander off, drift off, fall off, go off; fade, fade out, disappear, Inf. fizzle out.

6. drop behind, fall behind, lag, bring up the rear: hang back, straggle, linger behind, dawdle; All Sports. be losing, be behind, be down.

7. creep, crawl, slide, glide; steal, sneak, worm along, inch along, slink.

n

8. path, track, way, course; beaten path, bridle path, towpath, bicycle path; footpath, pathway, footway, horse-track, garden path; walkway, walk, sidewalk, aisle, catwalk; by-path, byway, shortcut, crosscut; pass, passage, passageway, lane, alley.

9. track, scent, smell, whiff, spoor, Fr. piste; wake, tail, train, queue, trailer, tab, afterpart; aftermath, aftereffect, afterclap, aftercrop, aftergrowth.

10. puff of smoke, stream of dust, cloud of dust; whir, whoosh, flurry.