trailing

trail  (trl)

v. trailed, trail·ing, trails

v.tr.

1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash.

2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.

3.

a. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.

b. To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive.

4. To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.

5. To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games.

v.intr.

1. To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen's long robe trailed behind.

2. To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden.

3. To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire.

4. To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion.

5. To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge.

6. To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period.

n.

1.

a. A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.

b. An overland route: the pioneers' trail across the prairies.

2.

a. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.

b. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox.

3. Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: The mayor was followed by a trail of reporters.

4. A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises.

5. Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.

6. The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.

7. The act of trailing.

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[Middle English trailen, probably from Old French trailler, to hunt without a foreknown course, from Vulgar Latin *trgulre, to make a deer double back and forth, perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin trgula, dragnet) of Latin trahere, to pull, draw.]

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trailing [ˈtreɪlɪŋ]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of a plant) having a long stem which spreads over the ground or hangs loosely trailing ivy

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind tracking animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement chase, pursual, pursuit, following - the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"

Translations

trailing [ˈtreɪlɪŋ] ADJ [plant] → trepador; [branches] → colgante
she wore a long trailing scarf → llevaba un pañuelo largo que le colgaba
trailing edge (Aer) → borde m de salida, borde m posterior

trailing

adj

(Bot) → hängend; trailing plant → Hängepflanze f

(Aviat) trailing edge → Hinterkante f, → Achterkante f