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Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

trail

NOUN:	1. A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something: print, trace, track. See MARKS. 2. Evidence of passage left along a course followed by a hunted animal or fugitive: scent, spoor, track. See MARKS, SMELLS. 3. Something that follows or is drawn along behind: tail, train, wake². See PRECEDE.
VERB:	1. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels) , mark time, take one's time. See FAST. 2. To follow closely or persistently: dog, heel¹, tag. See PRECEDE. 3. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind: dog, follow, shadow, track. Informal : bird-dog, tail. See PRECEDE. 4. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting: trace, track. See MARKS, SEEK. 5. To hang or cause to hang down and be pulled along behind: drag, draggle, train. See HANG.


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