Noun

• S: (n) trail (a track or mark left by something that has passed) "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
• S: (n) trail (a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country)
• S: (n) lead, track, trail (evidence pointing to a possible solution) "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

Verb

• S: (v) drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back (to lag or linger behind) "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
• S: (v) 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"
• S: (v) trail, shack (move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly) "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
• S: (v) trail (hang down so as to drag along the ground) "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"
• S: (v) 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"