Are you trying to hyphenate trail? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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A track or mark left by something that has passed There as a trail of blood A tear left its trail on her cheek |
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A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country |
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Evidence pointing to a possible solution The police are following a promising lead The trail led straight to the perpetrator |
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To lag or linger behind But in so many other areas we still are dragging |
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Go after with the intent to catch The policeman chased the mugger down the alley The dog chased the rabbit |
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Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly John trailed behind his class mates The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart |
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Hang down so as to drag along the ground The bride's veiled trailed along the ground |
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Drag loosely along a surface Allow to sweep the ground The toddler was trailing his pants She trained her long scarf behind her |
noun | path, track, course |
noun | track, cart track, cartroad |
noun | lead, track, evidence, grounds |
verb | drag, get behind, hang back, drop behind, lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
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verb | chase, chase after, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track, pursue, follow |
verb | shack, travel, go, move, locomote |
verb | train, drag |