Trailing
/ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of trail form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 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 That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind. not-comparable
"the trailing railcars"
Example
More examples""Ah, the trailing group has arrived." "Oh no. They caught up with us while we were resting.""