The car left a trail of dust.
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Trail
/tɹeɪl/
Synonyms for "trail" (305 found)
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Closest matches (61)
Strong matches (92)
drag alongdraggledrapedraperydrawdrivedroopdwindleeffluviumemanateemanationensueesplanadeessenceexhalationfade awayfade outfalconfallfall astern
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fall backfall behindfalterfastwalkferret outflagflapflavorflopflowflushfollowfollow a cluefollow afterfollow the houndsfollow upfoot pavementfootpathfootprintsfootstepfootstepsfootwayfowlfragrancefumegarden pathget behindgo aftergo backgo backwardsgo behindgo huntinggoof offgroovegrow dimgunhalehalthanghang backhang downhaulhawkheaveheelhiking trailhoundhunthunt downissuejackjacklightlaglag behind
Related words (152)
Noun(17 words)
lallygaglessenlinelingerlinger behindloiterlollygagloplugmallmovemove behindnodnosenose outodorovertakeparadepathpathway
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pendpendantpeter outpisteplodpokepradoprocrastinatepromenadeprowl afterpublic walkpullpursueput offqueueredolenceregressreplaceresultretrogressrevertride to houndsrouterunrun downrun to earthrunwayrutsagsavorscentshadowshikarshilly shallyshilly-shallyshootsidewalksignsignssmellsmell outsnakesniff outspoorsportstalkstartstenchstill huntstill-huntstragglestreamstring alongsubsidesubtle odorsucceedsuperveneswagsweepswingtabtagtag aftertag alongtailtailgatetailpiecetake in towtaper offtarrytoadytowtowing pathtowpathtracetrace downtracestracktrack downtrail aftertrail behindtrailertraintraipsetrawltread close upontrolltrottoirtruckletrudgetugvapor trailwakewalkwalkwaywanderwaste timewayweakenweepwhiff
Adjective(3 words)
Related word relations
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More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesblood traildust trailhiking trailmountain trailnature trailsmoke trailtrail maptrail systemtrailheadvapor trail
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَرَّ verb (drag behind)
Bulgarian
1 entries- влача verb (drag behind)
Catalan
1 entries- arrossegar verb (drag behind)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 拖 verb (drag behind)
Czech
3 entries- táhnout verb (drag behind)
- vláčet verb (drag behind)
- vléci verb (drag behind)
Finnish
1 entries- raahata verb (drag behind)
French
1 entries- traîner verb (drag behind)
Galician
4 entries- arrastrar verb (drag behind)
- arrousar verb (drag behind)
- ransir verb (drag behind)
- restrexar verb (drag behind)
German
3 entries- schleifen verb (drag behind)
- schleppen verb (drag behind)
- ziehen verb (drag behind)
Hungarian
3 entries- húz verb (drag behind)
- von verb (drag behind)
- vontat verb (drag behind)
Italian
3 entries- strascicare verb (drag behind)
- trainare verb (drag behind)
- trascinare verb (drag behind)
Māori
2 entries- kitō verb (drag behind)
- kitō verb (drag behind)
Portuguese
1 entries- arrastar verb (drag behind)
Russian
3 entries- волочи́ть verb (drag behind)
- тащи́ть verb (drag behind)
- тяну́ть verb (drag behind)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- slaod verb (drag behind)
Spanish
1 entries- arrastrar verb (drag behind)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тягти verb (drag behind)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
I saw the white trail of his frozen breath.
Source: tatoeba (249983)
The typhoon left behind a trail of destruction.
Source: tatoeba (275461)
The comet leaves a trail of light behind it as it moves.
Source: tatoeba (326623)
Showing 4 of 41 available sentences.