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trailing

 
Adjective trailing has 1 sense
  1. behind, trailing - having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"
    Antonym: up (indirect, via down)
Noun trailing has 1 sense
  1. trailing, tracking - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
    --1 is a kind of pursuit, chase, following
    Derived form: verb trail2
Verb trail has 5 senses
  1. drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
    --1 is one way to lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
    Derived form: noun trailer1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
    --2 is one way to pursue, follow
    Derived form: noun trailing1
    Sample sentence:
    They trail the car down the avenue
  3. trail, shack - move, proceed, or walk draggingly pr slowly; "John trailed behind behis class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
    --3 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived form: noun trailer1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  4. trail - hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  5. trail, train - drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"
    --5 is one way to drag
    Derived forms: noun trailer3, noun trailer4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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