Found 3 items, similar to Trailing.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: trail
bakat, denai, jalan kecil, jejak, membuntuti, mengekor, merunut
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: trailing
trailing
n : the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
marks they left behind [syn:
tracking]
trailing
adj : having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
“behind by two points”;
“the 8th inning found the home
team trailing” [syn:
behind(p)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Trailing
Trailing
\Trail"ing\,
a. & vb. n. from
Trail.
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Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under
Arbutus.
Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the
trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as
to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. --Weale.
Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not
a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a
carriage.
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Trail
\Trail\ (tr[=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Trailed; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Trailing.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a
deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue
him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line;
probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L.
traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small
sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the
ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope
for drawing a boat. See
Trace, v. t.]
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1.
(a) To hunt by the track; to track.
(b) to follow behind.
(c) To pursue. --Halliwell.
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2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
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And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
--Dryden.
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They shall not trail me through their streets
Like a wild beast. --Milton.
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Long behind he trails his pompous robe. --Pope.
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3. (Mil.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the
ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece
being held by the right hand near the middle.
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4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay
flat. --Longfellow.
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5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
[Prov. Eng.]
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I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly
termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her
ignorance. --C. Bronte.
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