· a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"

Hypernym(s): path, track, course

· a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

Hypernym(s): track, cart_track, cartroad

· evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

Synonym(s): lead, track

Hypernym(s): evidence, grounds

· to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

Synonym(s): drag, get_behind, hang_back, drop_behind, drop_back

Hypernym(s): lag, dawdle, fall_back, fall_behind

· go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

Synonym(s): chase, chase_after, tail, tag, give_chase, dog, go_after, track

Hypernym(s): pursue, follow

· move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

Synonym(s): shack

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"

· drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

Synonym(s): train

Hypernym(s): drag