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Definition: Trail |
TrailNoun1. A track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek". 2. A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country. 3. Evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator". Verb1. To lag or linger behind: "But in so many other areas we still are dragging.". 2. Go after with the intent to catch. 3. Drag along, either literally or metaphorically, as in one's wake. 4. To walk or proceed draggingly, slowly: "Snow buried the streets and covered the slanting rooftops, as John trudged toward St. Peter's.". 5. Drag heavily or wearily, as of the body. 6. Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "trail" was first used: sometime around 1303. (references) |
Note: Trail \Trail\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Trailed; Trailing.]. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | A line of single logs linked end-to-end by a chain dog. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | 1. A term applied to the manner in which a bomb trails behind the aircraft from which it has been released, assuming the aircraft does not change its velocity after the release of the bomb. (DOD) 2. Track (or shadow). (The words "landward" or "seaward" may be used to indicate from which side of enemy unit to shadow.). (references) |
Military & Defense | The manner in which a bomb trails behind the aircraft from which it has been released, assuming the aircraft does not change its velocity after the release of the bomb. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Long-distance trails (or long-distance tracks, paths or footpaths) are trails or footpaths covering large distances, typically 50 km or more, used for rambling (that is, hiking or backpacking). There are different types of long distance footpaths:Coastal trails
These follow coast lines. A good example is the South West Coast Path in England
Coast to coast trails
These may be cross-country paths, or may follow roadways, or other ways, and often intersect with many other trails in the process. A good example is the Coast to Coast path in northern England.
Mountain trails
Two good examples of mountain trails are the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail
Cross-country trails
Rails-to-Trails
These are trails on old railroad beds, an example is the Longdendale Trail.
Also see:
- Trail
- List of long-distance trails
- Walking
- Hiking
- Backpacking
- Long-distance trails in Australia
- Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
- Long-distance trails in the United States
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Long-distance trail."
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Trail in the most general sense refers to any linear route for travel by any means. Even highways are sometimes called trails. However, in common usage, trail refers to an unpaved, narrow pathway, usually through a wild area, for use by hikerss, horse riderss, bicyclistss, motorcyclistss, or other sport users (Trail Riding). Many trails are off limits to everyone other than hikers, and few trails allow motorized vehicles. When a trail climbs up a steep incline, it usually follows a zigzag pattern to reduce the slope. Each segment of the zigzag is called a switchback (see also hairpin).
Trail construction
While many trails have arisen through common usage, quality trail design and construction is a complex process requiring certain sets of skills.When a trail passes across a flat area that is not wet, often all that is required is to clear brush, tree limbs and undergrowth to produce a clear, walkable trail. When crossing streams, bridges may or may not be desirable, depending on the size of the stream and the depth of its banks. In wet areas, it may be necessary to create an elevated trailway with fill or by building a boardwalk. One problem with boardwalks is that they require frequent maintenance and replacement - boards in poor condition are often slippery and hazardous.
A common mistake in establishing trails is to make them on slopes that are too steep for comfort and the environment. Such steep trails generally result in serious erosion, a wide swath of impacted area as walkers go to the sides to find better footing, and the inability of many hikers to walk the trail. An absolute limit for trail grades is a slope of one in six, and a more practical limit is a slope of one in eight. Trails that ascend steep slopes use switchbacks.
If a trail is being made to be accessible to off-road wheelchairs, the slope should be no more than one in ten. If a paved trail has to be accessible to all wheelchairs, the slope must be no more than one in twelve, with periodic level pulloffs.
The off-slope, or side-slope, of the trail also must be considered. This is the slope of the trail from side to side, and should never be more than one in twelve. Side-sloped trails are prone to gullying. Ideally, the treadway of the trail should be almost, but not quite, level in cross-section.
Achieving the proper slope in hilly terrain usually requires the excavation of sidehill trail. This is trailway that is constructed by establishing a line of suitable slope across a hillside, then digging out by means of a mattock or similar tool to create the trail. This may be a full-bench trail, where the treadway is only on the firm ground surface after the overlying soil is removed and thrown to the side as waste, or a half-bench trail, where soil is removed and packed to the side so that the treadway is half on firm old ground and half on new packed fill. In problem areas, it may be necessary to establish the trail entirely on fill. In cases where filling is used, it's necessary to pack it firmly and to revisit the site periodically to add to the fill and repack it until fully stable.
An important and often-overlooked factor in trail construction is that of drainage. Where a trail is near the top of a hill or ridge, this is usually a minor issue, but when it is farther down it can become a very major issue. Trails, by their nature, tend to become drainage channels and eventually gullies if the drainage is not properly controlled.
In areas of heavy water flow along a trail, it may be necessary to create a ditch on the uphill side of the trail with drainage points across the trail. The cross-drainage may be accomplished by means of culverts, which must be cleared on a semi-annual basis, or by means of cross-channels, often created by placing logs or timbers across the trail in a downhill direction, called "thank-you-marms", "deadmen", or waterbars. Using timbers or rocks for this purpose also creates erosion barriers. Rock paving in the bottom of these channels and in the trailside ditches may help to maintain stability of these. Ideally, waterbars should be created, with or without ditching, at the most major points of water flow on or along the trail, and in conjunction, if possible, with existing drainage channels below the trail. Another important technique is to create coweeta dips, which are dips in the trail grade so that the hiker, ascending the trail, is hiking uphill, then slightly downhill for a few feet, then uphill again. These provide positive drainage points that are almost never clogged by debris.
For long-distance trails, or trails where there is any possibility of anyone taking a wrong turn, blazing or signage should be provided. This may be accomplished by using either paint on natural surfaces or by placing pre-made medallions. Generally speaking, every trail should have a distinctive blaze, of a particular color and shape. Horseshoe-shaped blazes are good for bridle trails (but be sure to have the "u" of the horseshoe opening to the top, or you'll offend some riders!). The Appalachian Trail is blazed with white rectangles. Blue is often used for side trails.
When using paint on trees, the preferred technique is to use a drawknife to smooth the outer bark of trees without penetrating to the inner bark (so as to not injure the tree), then using an oil-based paint to create the blaze. Stencils are often useful, and sash brushes are the preferred brush type for precise work. Oil-based paint seems to last longer than latex-based and seems to be more benign to the bark. Blazes may also be painted on obvious rock surfaces or on posts set into the ground (or on utility poles, fences, or other handy surfaces).
A very common and major error in building trails is assuming that once a trail is built, it needs no further work. Nothing could be further from the truth. Not only does a trail need annual clearing work to remove vegetation, fallen wood and other obstacles, but often needs minor or major regrading work from year to year, and often drainage improvements and erosion control, not to mention marking and signage.
Long-distance trails
The United States features several important long-distance hiking trails. The oldest of these is the Appalachian Trail. Another important trail is the Pacific Crest Trail.
See also the List of long distance footpaths.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trail."
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Trail is a city located in Polk County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 62 people, 26 households, and 13 families residing in the city. The population density is 24.2/km² (62.4/mi²). There are 35 housing units at an average density of 13.7/km² (35.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.16% White, 0.00% African American, 1.61% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.61% from other races, and 1.61% from two or more races. 1.61% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 26 households out of which 30.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.8% are married couples living together, 11.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 50.0% are non-families. 38.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 19.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.38 and the average family size is 3.23. In the city the population is spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 158.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 152.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $30,000, and the median income for a family is $36,250. Males have a median income of $35,833 versus $33,750 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,211. 22.2% of the population and 20.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 22.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trail, Minnesota."
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TrogirTrogir is a historic town at the Adriatic coast in Croatia, population 13,322 (2001).
The city's historic core is on the UNESCO world heritage list.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trogir."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TRAIL | English | Tumor necrosis factor apoptosis-inducing ligand | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TrailSynonyms: lead (n), track (n), chase (v), chase after (v), dog (v), drag (v), drop behind (v), entrain (v), get behind (v), go after (v), hang back (v), shack (v), tag (v), tail (v), train (v), trudge (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble. |
Excitation | Trail of temper, casus belli; irritation; (anger); passion; (state of excitability); thrill; (feeling); repression of feeling; sensationalism, yellow journalism. |
Hindrance | Trail of a red herring; opponent. |
Inquiry | Seek a clue, seek a clew; hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace; follow the trail, follow the scent; pursue; beat up one's quarters; fish for; feel for; (experiment). |
Misteaching | Verb: misinform, misteach, misdescribe, misinstruct, miscorrect; misdirect, misguide; pervert; put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail; deceive; mislead; (error); misrepresent; lie; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces. |
Motive | Bribe, lure; decoy, decoy duck; bait, trail of a red herring; bribery and corruption; sop, sop for Cerberus. |
Pendency | Verb: be pendent; Adjective: hang, depend, swing, dangle; swag; daggle, flap, trail, flow; beetle. |
Pursuit | Verb: pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on; (do); engage in; (undertake); set about; (begin); endeavor; court; (request) seek; (search); aim at; (intention); follow the trail; (trace); fish for; (experiment); press on; (haste); run a race; (velocity). |
Record | Noun: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste. |
Regression | Verb: draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train; take in tow. |
Sequel | Noun: sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, trail, rear; retinue, suite; appendix, postscript; epilogue; peroration; codicil; continuation, sequela; appendage; tail piece, heelpiece; tag, more last words; colophon. |
Sequence | Attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of; follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the trail. |
Slowness | Verb: move slowly; adVerb: creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle; (be inactive); grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire; (be late). |
Vehicle | Train; accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train; st class train, nd class train, rd class train, st class carriage, nd class carriage, rd class carriage, st class compartment, nd class compartment, rd class compartment; rolling stock; horse box, cattle truck; baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car; surface car, tram car, trolley car; box car, box wagon; horse car; bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express; luggage van; mail, mail car, mail van. |
Vice | Phrase: alitur vitium vivitque tegendo; genus est mortis male vivere; mala mens malus animus; nemo repente fuit turpissimus; "the trail of the serpent is over them all"; "to sanction vice and hunt decorum down". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You wouldn't care if I humped the entire army as long as they were on the right side of the Ho Chi Minh trail. (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.) They've picked up our trail! (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Do you know what leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water (Men in Black; writing credit: Ed Solomon) He's a wounded wolf; now there will be a trail. He must be disposed of quickly (Samouraï, Le; writing credit: Jean-Pierre Melville; Georges Pellegrin) We've got no food, no compass, no trail, no-- no way to get the hell out of here but we do have one thing (Walkabout; writing credit: Martin David) | |
Lyrics | We'll take the trail marked on your father's map (Kiss Me; performing artist: Sixpence None The Richer) We spotted the ocean at the head of the trail (Walk On the Ocean; performing artist: Toad The Wet Sprocket) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Trail of the Lonesome Pink (1974) Dusty's Trail (1973) Bloody Trail (1972) Hard on the Trail (1971) The Hallelujah Trail (1965) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of a puzzling new class of solar system object ... Credit: NASA. |  | Leveling down the trail into Glen Canyon Level party of Fred E. Joeckel. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | "Trail through plowed field" - White 3/4 ton truck Astro Party of C. V. Hodges. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A nature trail near Thurston Lava Tube. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | The trail to Akaka Falls - in a bamboo grove. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A mountain lake loaded with rainbow trout - 2 miles up the trail from Little Port Walter. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Looking back at the trail as the expedition leaves the Trans- Antarctic Mountains on the last 300 miles to the South Pole. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Another view of the dam at the Pilgrim Trail restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A medium shot of the dam at the Pilgrim Trail restoration site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Clammy azalea - Rhododendron viscosum along the Mashpee Trail at South Cape Beach. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Trail" by Mary Day Commentary: "A Bike Trail in Virginia!." | "Along the Cabot Trail" by J Eden Commentary: "View from a lookout on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Canada." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles Mackay | An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent. |
Heraclitus | If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail. |
Louis L'amour | No memory is ever alone. It's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The gendarmes were put upon his trail, but in vain |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A waiter was running up a trail of bunting on the flagstaff and a fox terrier was scampering to and fro on the sunny lawn |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He came over the grass leaving a beaten trail behind him, and the hill, which was the highway embankment, reared up ahead of him. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | This was an airy and unplastered cabin, fit to entertain a travelling god, and where a goddess might trail her garments |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Hikers and campers can also be exposed when they use infested trail shelters or camp in other rodent habitats. (references) | |
Pierce M, Crampton S, Henry D, et al. A randomized trail of clarithromycin as prophylaxis against disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in patients with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (references) | ||
Economic History | Netherlands | The Netherlands is the third largest consumer of this product in the EU. They trail Germany with 42 liters per capita and Austria with 34 liters per capita. (references) |
Bermuda | Bermuda has 140 miles of private paved roads; 136 miles of public paved roads; 25 miles of historic, unpaved railroad trail, used as scenic trails; three ports, including the former U.S. Naval Air Station and Naval Air Station Annex; and one airport, located at the former U.S. Naval Air Station. (references) | |
Laos | Although the country was to be neutral, a growing American and North Vietnamese military presence in the country increasingly drew Laos into the second Indochina war (1954-75). For nearly a decade, Laos was subjected to extremely heavy bombing as the U.S. sought to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail that passed through eastern Laos. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | According to NGO's, the gravesite is located along a trail used frequently by army patrols and terrorist columns in the 1980's and early 1990's. In 2000 representatives from the Human Rights Ombudsman's office observed that irregularities in handling of evidence had compromised the forensic integrity of the investigation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Nancy Grace | I moved to trail coverage. Court TV had me go straight basically into the court room. And it's a fantastic thing. I do what love all day. |
Rush Limbaugh | A lot of people did not fall away from the issue on the campaign trail, including Elizabeth Dole, Jim Talent, Norm Coleman, and Saxby Chambliss. |
Sean Penn | Well, paying attention to history, we can say you have to follow the money trail. I don't think that ultimately it's going to be good business to go in. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Trail" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.22% of the time. "Trail" is used about 1,121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.22% | 944 | 7,685 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.04% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.08% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.58% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (common) | 0.98% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,121 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "trail" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Trail | Last name | 1,000 | 8,609 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Oregon Trail Financial Corp., Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Trail, MN (city, FIPS 65344) 2. Trail, OR |
Expressions using "trail": blaze a trail ♦ blaze the trail ♦ camp on the trail ♦ cattle trail ♦ condensation trail ♦ Country Club Trail ♦ Deer Trail ♦ dissipation trail ♦ exhaust trail ♦ follow smb.'s trail ♦ follow the trail ♦ get off the trail ♦ get on the trail ♦ go on campaign trail ♦ iditarod Trail ♦ iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race ♦ Indian Trail ♦ mechanized trail ♦ mountain trail ♦ nature trail ♦ Oak Trail Shores ♦ pack trail ♦ paper trail ♦ Santa Fe Trail ♦ ski trail ♦ smoke trail ♦ South Trail ♦ Swift Trail Junction ♦ throw off the trail ♦ To trail oars ♦ trail after ♦ trail along ♦ trail angle ♦ trail away ♦ trail behind ♦ trail bike ♦ trail blazer ♦ Trail boards ♦ trail boss ♦ trail car ♦ Trail City ♦ Trail Creek ♦ trail formation ♦ trail head ♦ trail herding ♦ Trail Making Test ♦ Trail net ♦ trail of a red herring ♦ trail of blood ♦ trail of castings ♦ trail off ♦ trail one's coat ♦ trail riding ♦ Trail rope ♦ trail spade ♦ trail turbulence ♦ trail used by wild animals ♦ vapor trail ♦ vapour trail. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "trail": trail-barrow, trail-bike, trail-blazer, trail-blazers, trail-blazing, trail-boss, trail-markers, trail-net. | |
Ending with "trail": ant-trail, end-of-the-trail, fire-trail, horse-trail, jet-trail, nature-trail, pack-trail, powder-trail, re-trail, scent-trail, scorch-trail, smoke-trail, veil-and-trail. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hiking trail | 3,487 | cabot trail | 182 |
trail of oregon | 2,157 | oregon trail download | 173 |
appalachian trail | 1,162 | freedom trail | 164 |
mountain bike trail | 738 | mix trail recipe | 163 |
trail of tears | 598 | ozark trail tent | 162 |
trail | 517 | trail bike | 159 |
trail mix | 456 | happy trail | 150 |
thousand trail | 407 | west coast trail | 144 |
bike trail | 343 | trail running | 141 |
atv trail | 338 | free oregon trail game | 141 |
oregon trail game | 319 | robert trent jones golf trail | 134 |
rails to trail | 262 | silver comet trail | 132 |
trail lite | 253 | end of the trail | 132 |
trail riding | 248 | wisconsin bike trail | 125 |
pacific crest trail | 205 | nissan x trail | 119 |
ozark trail | 205 | mouse trail | 118 |
trail ride | 193 | hudson outfitters trail | 117 |
national trail raceway | 190 | appliance trail | 117 |
inca trail | 187 | trail blazer | 110 |
katy trail | 185 | appalacian trail | 108 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "trail"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tragë (print, rut, slot, trace), tërheq zvarrë (drag, haul, lug), tërheq pas, zvarrit (drag, draw, drawl, haul, lug, procrastinate), zvarris (drag, drag out, lug, procrastinate, pull, temporize), vijë bisht, vazhdë (furrow, rail, rut, signs, trace, track, trench), shteg (aisle, alley, approach, course, footpath, footway, gangway, gap, Lane, loophole, pass, path, pathway, ride, trace, track, trackway, way), rrugë (approach, approaches, Avenue, course, cycle, drag, drive, gateway, haul, journey, milage, mileage, path, pathway, ride, road, roadway, route, Street, traverse, way), ndjek (attend, chase, follow, give chase, Hunt, lead, nose, persecute, prosecute, pursue, rattle, shadow, smell out, spoor, string along, tag, tail, take after, touch, trace, track, track down, tread), gjurmoj (pursue, spy upon, track), gjurmë (Dent, dint, drag, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, indent, indentation, marking, print, print track, scent, sign, slot, smell, spoor, stamp, step, tincture, tinge, trace, track, vestige, vestigium). (various references) | |
Arabic | زحف (crawl, crawl on all fours, crawling, creep, creeping, draggle, grovel, march, scramble), إنمحى (erase, rub), المنتشرة, جر (drag, dragging, draw, draw out, entrain, lug, pull, purchase, retrieve, sweeping, tow, traction, train, trill), جرجر, ذيل (annexation, append, appendage, sequel, tail, tailpiece, underwrite), أثر (bias, count, echo, effect, give rise to, hint, impress, influence, lead, mark, odor, odour, operate, prefer, repercussion, scent, sink, soupcon, streak, tag, tinge, tint, touch, trace, trait, vestige, work), عربة مقطورة (trailer), فيلم قصير (trailer), سحب (call, dash, disengage, draft, drag, dragging, draught, draw, drawing, drawing out, hang fire, haul, heave, lug, pull, recall, recant, retreat, revoke, revulsion, run, strain, take back, take off, tow, traction, train, tug, withdraw, withdrawal), تجرجر, تعقب الأثر, تلاشى (disappear, dissolve, drain, evanesce, evaporate, fade, fall, flee, fly, go to pieces, melt, molder, moulder, pass out of sight, peter, vanish), قطر (country, distil, dribble, drip, drop, land, percolate, rain, region, territory, tow, towing, trickle, tug), ممر المشاة, طريق (approach, carriage way, course, lane, line, pass, passage, path, pathway, ride, right path, road, route, row, run, runway, rut, track, way). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | влача се с усилие след, дебна (ambush, be on the lurk, be on the prowl, mouse, prowl, shadow, skulk, slink about, sneak, stalk, watch, waylay), изоставам от другите, постепенно се загубвам (vanish), път (approach, door, drive, driveway, fetch, gateway, itinerary, journey, key, lode, pad, part, parting, passage, path, pathway, race, ride, riding, road, roadway, route, time, track, tube, way), пътека (alley, footpath, footway, lode, path, pathway, runner, runway, track, walk, way), диря (clue, foil, scent, seek, slot, trace, track, train, vestige, wake), влача (drag, draggle, draw, haul, lug, snake, tote), струя (blast, current, flow, gush, jet, rush, spout, squirt, stream, well up), влека се, губя (drop, lay down, lose, waste), шлейф (tail), рило, следа (footprint, ghost, odor, odour, print, rag, relic, relish, remnant, rudiment, savor, savour, scar, scent, scintilla, shadow, show, shred, sign, spice, tang, touch, trace, track, train, trait, vestige, whiff), следя (gumshoe, keep an eye on, mouse, observe, ride herd on, shadow, stag, tail, track, watch), заглъхвам (die away, die down, die out, muffle, quiet). (various references) | |
Chinese | 足迹, 線索 (clues, thread). (various references) | |
Czech | táhnout (carry, drag, draw, haul, heave, pull), vyšlapávat, vleèka (train), vléci (drag, drag along, haul, heave, lug across, pull, tow, tug), stopovat (hitch, hitchhike, hitch-hike, retrace, stalk, trace), stopa (evidence, foot, footstep, imprint, lead, Mark, print, rut, scent, trace, track, vestige), stezka (path, pathway, trace), sledovat (follow, follow up, observe, pursue, retrace, shadow, tail, teleview, trace, track, watch), plazivý rùst, plazit se (crawl, creep, grovel, slink), ohon (tail), loudat se (amble, dally, dawdle, dawdle about, dawdle over one's work, hang back, hang behind, lag, linger, loiter, saunter, traipse), chumáè (lock, wad, wisp), cesta (alley, byway, career, channel, crossing, drive, itinerary, jaunt, journey, Lane, passage, path, pathway, ride, road, route, tour, track, travel, trip, venture, voyage, walk, way). (various references) | |
Danish | traekkabel (drag line, haulage cable, haulage line, lead line, main cable, main lead, main line, operating line, skidder line, skidding line, traction cable, traction line, traction rope, yarding line), kaede af stammer (string, turn), afstand mellem fly og kastet bombe. (various references) | |
Dutch | wagenspoor, spoor (imprint, print, railroad, railway, spur, trace, track), karrespoor. (various references) | |
Esperanto | vojsulko. (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشقدم (Pacemaker, Pioneer, Protagonist, Trailblazer, Van), پیشرو (Chief, Harbinger, Herald, Pathfinder, Precursor, Progenitor, Van), طفیلی بودن , اثرپاباقی گذاردن , دنباله داربودن , دنباله داشتن , دنباله (Appendix, Sequel, Stem, Suite, Tail, Train), بدنبال کشیدن (Entrain), بدنبال حرکت کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | raahata (drag), polku (path, path footpath, track), metsäpolku (forest-path), latu (track), laahustaa (drag), laahata (drag, tow). (various references) | |
French | trace (trace, trace-horse, track), traîner (train), traînée de bombardement, traînée (train, tramp, trollop), tirer (train), train de grumes, se traîner (trek), AVANT course, câble de traille, chaîne de traille, chemin (track), foulée (treading), lé, piste (dirt track, running track, trace, track), amorce (magnetic tape trailer, trailer), ramper, sentier (track), s'entraîner (train), suivre la piste, rampant (trailer, trailing). (various references) | |
German | Pfad (alley, path, pathway, trace, track). (various references) | |
Greek | μονοπάτι (footpath, path, pathway, track). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ללכת בעקבות (emulate, follow in his footsteps, follow suit, track), לפגר (be backward, be retarded, be slow, drop behind, fall behind, lag, straggle), לגלוש (brim over, glide, overflow, run over, slide, slop), לגרור (drag, draw, grate, haul, involve, pull, tow, tug), שובל (tail, wake), שביל (footpath, path, pathway, walk), עקבות (track, wake), עקב (because of, footprint, footstep, heel, hoof, in consequence, step, trace), נתיב (path, pathway, road, route, track, way). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyom (clew, clue, foil, imprint, Mark, push, reminiscence, sign, slot, spoor, to run off, to stress, trace, tracing, track, vestige, wake). (various references) | |
Indonesian | merunut (trace, track), mengekor (dangle like a tail, tail), membuntuti (follow, follow at rear), jejak (sign, track), denai (track), bakat (aptness, crest, natural ability, omen, sign, talent, trace). (various references) | |
Italian | trascinare (actuate, carry back, drag, drag on, draw, draw oneself along, fascinate, grind, haul, haul off, haulage, lead away, lug, pull, pull along, schlep, sharpen, shuffle, sweep, take in tow, tote, tow, tow off, tug), traccia (foil, footprint, furrow, groove, hint, lane, Mark, outline, rut, shadow, sign, smear, spoor, streak, tang, tinge, trace, track, vestige), tirarsi dietro, striscia (slinks, strap, streak, strip, stripe, tape, tiptoes), strascicare (drag oneself, scuff, shuffle, traipse), sentiero (footpath, path, pathway, track, walk), seguire le tracce (trace, track), scia (scent, track, train, vapour trail, wake, wash), pista (career, clue, course, manege, racetrack, ride, ring, road, route, runway, scent, slope, speedway, strip, track, way), orma (footprint, footstep, Mark, step, trace, track, vestige, wake), inseguire (chase, follow, follow up, haunt, hound, obsess, pursue, run after, stalk, track, tracking), coada (string, turn), arrampicarsi (clamber, climb, climbing, scale, scramble, shin). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 手がかり (clue, contact, hand hold, key, on hand, scent), 手掛かり (clue, contact, hand hold, key, on hand, scent), 余波 (after-effect, aftermath, consequence, secondary effect, sequel). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | よは (after-effect, aftermath, consequence, secondary effect, sequel), てがかり (a handhold, clue, contact, hand hold, key, lead, on hand, scent). (various references) | |
Korean | 가신. (various references) | |
Manx | sleaydey (drag, draggle, draw along, dredge, dredging, sledge, sleigh), sleayd (drag, dredge, sledge, toboggan, trailer), raad (direction, road, roadway, route, track, vent-hole, way; where, whereat; vent), farbyl (train, train of dress). (various references) | |
Papago | wohg (road). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailtray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trilha (cross-country), vaguear (hobo, knock about, knock around, lounge, maroon, maunder, meander, moon, ramble, range, roam, rove, straggle, stray, vagabondize, wander), seguir (accompany, adopt, course, deduce, follow, following, get after, go after, go ahead, heel, keep on, proceed, profess, pursue, run, spin, track), rastro (clew, step, trace, track), rastejar (crawl, creep, crouch, grovel, worm), puxar (drag, drag out, draw, drew, hale, haul, lug, pull, to pull, tug, twitch, wiredrawn), pista (clew, clue, lane, spoor, trace), picada (bite, cut, dart, nip, pick, pricking, prod, puncture, sting, tingle), pegada (footmark, footprint, footstep, step, trace, track, vestige), fuga (bolt, break, bunk, chevy, escape, flight, flying, fugue, getaway, lam, loophole, scape, scurry), faro (flair, wind), cauda (buttocks, rank, rear, tail), atrelado de toros (string, turn), atalho (byway, cutoff, footpath, path, pathway, shortcut, way), arrastar (carry, drag, drag out, draw, entrain, haul, lug, pull, slither, tug). (various references) | |
Romanian | târî (creep, drag, drag on, draw, haul, slither, tug), urmãri un vânat, urmã (atom, clew, clue, footmark, footprint, furrow, impress, impression, imprint, indent, jot, Mark, patent office, print, pug, rear, rearward, relic, remnant, rut, scent, seal, shadow, sign, slot, spoor, stamp, step, trace, track, vestige, wake), umbla greoi, se târî (crawl, creep, drag, grovel, jog along, jog on, plod, slither, toil), remorca (haul, take in tow, tug), potecã (footpath, path, pathway, runway, trackway, walk), dârã (footprint, swirl, trace), cumpãnire (balance, balancing, equilibrium, equipoise), coadã (brush, handle, pigtail, queue, rear, shaft, shank, staff, stalk, stem, tail, train, tress). (various references) | |
Russian | след (backtrace, dint, footmark, footprint, relic, scent, sign, skidmarks, spoor, trace, track, vestige, welt). (various references) | |
Scottish | slaod (drag, haul, trail along the ground). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | trag (mark, print, scuff, spoor, strain, streak, tail, tinge, trace, tracing, track, vestige, wake), terati po tragu, zaostati (drop behind, fall behind, lag, lag behind), zadnji deo oružja, vući se (hang out, hangout, plow), vući (drag, draw, haul, lug, pull, shuffle, toil, tow, tug, yank), rep (coma, end, rear end, tail, tail end), izostati (be absent). (various references) | |
Spanish | trepar (clamber, climb, scale, shin up), tren de troncos (string, turn), poner un tráiler de, arrastrarse (crawl, creep, grovel, haul, lug, pull oneself along, tug, worm), bajar (abase, abate, bow, bring down, climb down, come down, cut, decline, decrease, deign, demean, demote, depreciate, descend, detrain, discount, dismount, download, drop, drop off, duck, ebb, fall, fall away, fall back, fall off, get down, get off, get out, go below, go belowdecks, go down, hand down, hang, hop off, let down, lift down, lower, pull down, put down, rebate, recede, reduce, ring down, sag, set out, sink, step down, stoop, subside, take down, turn down, walk down, walk off, wind down), caminar (distance, go, hie, hiking, home in on, run, running, sashay, toil, travel, tread, tread down, trot, tumble over, walk, wend one's way), camino (Avenue, away, bypath, course, cumin, distance, instant, itinerary, journey, juice, ladder, lane, lift, line, off, pad, path, pathway, road, robber, route, tack, tenor, the way, track, way), cola (bottom, cement, glue, gum, line, queue, rear, size, tail, train), estela (backwash, contrail, seaway, stele, track, wake), huela, huella (footmark, footprint, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, print, sign, step, symptom, tack, trace, track, tread), ida (attack, departure, going, track), arrastrar (blow away, creep, drag, draw, grovel, haul, haulage, heave, lay, pull, pull along, schlep, scrape, scuff, tow, trundle, tug, wash down), pista (arena, circuit, clew, clue, floor, green, lead, line, path, racecourse, racetrack, ring, rink, runway, scent, slope, spoor, tarmac, track), vigilar (follow, guard, keep, keep an eye on, look, look after, mind, overlook, patrol, police, trace, watch, watch over), quedar (abide, agree, be situated, come off, come up, drop, fall on, fall upon, jack in, keep, lead off, leave, leave off, leave over, let into, line out, meet, remain, rest, stay, stick around, take away, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, trim away, trim off, weaken, wind), rastrear (drag, dredge, rake, rakes, trace, track, trawl), rastro (rake, raker, scent, sign, spoor, trace, track, vestige), recorrido (haul, lift, line, path, range, round, route, run, tack, travel, way), reguero (trickle), rezagarse (lag, lag behind, loiter, straggle), seguir a (get on, jolly, last, push, remain), sendero (footpath, path), ir con pasos (go along, hie, step, trip). (various references) | |
Swazi | lú-hala. (various references) | |
Swedish | spår (clue, evidence, hint, impression, metals, scent, scrap, sign, slot, spoor, taint, touch, trace, track, vestige, whiff). (various references) | |
Turkish | yol (angle, approach, Avenue, channel, cutting, expedient, gateway, handle, itinerary, journey, meatus, outlet, path, road, route, tack, thoroughfare, via, walk, way, weigh, wise), yerde uzamak, sürünmek (crawl, creep, drag, grovel, languish, rough it), sürüklenmek (be dragged along, be led to, drag on, drift, lug, ride, scud, slide into, take tow, wash away, wash off), sürüklemek (blow away, drag, drag along, drift, eat at, eat away, Hale, incline, lug, make leeway, pluck, schlep, schlepp, sweep, sweep before one, train, tug, waft, wash away, wash off), peşinden sürüklemek, patika (alley, footpath, gate, Lane, path, pathway, trace, track, walkway), kuyruk (breech, brush, caudal, cue, line, queue, scut, tail, tail fin, together, train), izlemek (chase, come on, dog, eye, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, go by, hound, keep tabs on, monitor, monitorize, observe, pursue, shadow, supervene, tail, trace, track, watch), iz (birthmark, chip, clew, clue, dint, evidence, footprint, ghost, hint, ichno-, impress, impression, inkling, odor, odour, print, scar, shades, shadow, sign, smack, stamp, stigma, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, track, vestige, weal, wheal), incecik tütmek, dökülmek (be poured, come off, course, disembogue, disgorge, drape, empty, fall, fall into, fall into decay, fall off, fall out, feel cheap, flow, go to pieces, molder, moulder, Peel, peel off, pour, pour forth, pour out, rub off, run down, slop over, spill, teem). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стежка (footpath, path, pathway, trod, walk), слід (behove, footmark, footprint, footstep, imprint, ought, print, relic, remnant, scent, should, spoor, trace, track, tread, wake), тягтися (crawl, drag, plod, tower), тягти (drag, draggle, draw, drawl, haul, lug, pluck, protract, pug, pull, rush, tow), вистежувати (dog, nose, nose after, sleuth, snoop, spoor, spy, spy out), прокладати стежку, переслідування (chase, chasing, drive, persecution, pursuance, pursuit). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vạch, vệt dài vết, dấu vết đường. (various references) | |
Welsh | trywydd (scent), llusgo (crawl, drag, drawl). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 2. sila. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | persequor, sequor, sequor sequi secutus, tragula. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | trailler. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "trail": trailblazer, trailblazers, trailblazing, trailbreaker, trailbreakers, trailed, trailer, trailerable, trailered, trailering, trailerings, trailerist, trailerists, trailerite, trailerites, trailers, trailhead, trailheads, trailing, trailless, trails, trailside. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "trail": contrail. (additional references) | |
Words containing "trail": contrails, entrails, semitrailer, semitrailers. (additional references) | |
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"Trail" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eraill, prail, qrail, strail, stralia, tarel, terai, thail, Tlali, Torvil, Trabi, trahie, trai, traid, traie, traig, traik, Traill, traim, trainl, traip, traiz, Trakl, tral, trala, trale, tramil, Tranio, travil, treal, treel, Trefil, treil, treli, tria, triall, triap, triar, triaxial, triel, tril, trilit, triol, troil, trool, troyl, twail, wrail. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "trail" (pronounced trā"l) |
| 3 | -r ā" l | braille, Carrell, derail, frail, grail, rail. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: trial. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: airt, alit, aril, lair, lari, lati, liar, lira, rail, rial, tail, tali, tirl. | |
-2 letters: ail, air, ait, alt, art, lar, lat, lit, rat, ria, tar, til. | |
-3 letters: ai, al, ar, at, it, la, li, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: artily, atrial, citral, lariat, latria, mitral, ramtil, ratlin, retail, retial, rialto, rictal, ritual, tailer, tailor, trails, trials, tribal, trinal. | |
+2 letters: airlift, alright, article, atelier, citrals, clarity, curtail, dilater, dilator, frailty, inthral, irately, lariats, lathier, latrias, latrine, librate, literal, litoral, maltier, marital, marlite, martial, mistral, oralist, orality, orbital, partial, philtra, plaiter, platier, ramtils, ratlike, ratline, ratlins, rattail, realist, reality, recital, redtail, reliant, retails, retinal, retrial, rialtos, riantly, rituals, saltier, saltire, slatier, starlit, tailers, tailors, talaria, talkier, tallier, tardily, tearily, tertial, timbral, titlark, titular, trailed, trailer, travail, trenail, triable, triclad, trivial, trysail, uralite, virtual. | |
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