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Trailing

//ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That converge in the direction of travel. not-comparable

    "On the far hillside we are approaching can be descried a bridge on the first section (Ruabon–Llangollen) of the important G.W.R. branch to Dolgelley, which will shortly join our main line by means of a trailing junction."

  2. 2
    That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind. not-comparable

    "the trailing railcars"

Noun
  1. 1
    Fabric or other material that trails.

    "[…] their roots, projecting in fibrous sprawls from their trunks, were their feet, and she pictured them advancing with wide trailings, and rustlings as of green draperies […]"

  2. 2
    the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of trail form-of, gerund, participle, present

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