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The dog had picked up the trail of a rabbit. The fox had crossed a stream, and the hounds lost the trail. Detectives had found several new clues and were back on the murderer's trail. The couple laid a false trail to escape the press photographers. They had to find the kidnappers before the trail went cold.
trial: 1 n the act of testing something “in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately” “he called each flip of the coin a new trial ” Synonyms: run , test Types: show 19 types... hide 19 types... assay a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; ...
5 days ago · 1. to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind. 2. to bring or have floating after itself or oneself. a racing car trailing clouds of dust. 3. to follow the track, trail, or scent of; track. 4. to follow along behind (another), as in a race.
Trail definition: to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind. See examples of TRAIL used in a sentence.
2 days ago · 1. a. the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment. b. ( as modifier ) a trial run. 2. law. a. the judicial examination of the issues in a civil or criminal cause by a competent tribunal and the determination of these issues in accordance with the law of the land.
Britannica Dictionary definition of TRAIL. [count] 1. : a path through a forest, field, etc. Stay on the trail if we get separated. a bike/ski trail. — see also nature trail. 2. : the marks, signs, smells, etc., that are left behind by someone or something and that can often be followed.
[transitive] trail something to advertise a film, TV programme, etc. in advance It was trailed heavily as the Big Film of the New Year. Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French traillier ‘to tow’, or Middle Low German treilen ‘haul a boat’, based on Latin tragula ‘dragnet’, from trahere ‘to pull’.
