ALL meanings of trailed
trail
T t - verb with object trailed to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind. 1
- verb with object trailed to bring or have floating after itself or oneself: a racing car trailing clouds of dust. 1
- verb with object trailed to follow the track, trail, or scent of; track. 1
- verb with object trailed to follow along behind (another), as in a race. 1
- verb with object trailed to mark out, as a track. 1
- verb with object trailed to tread down or make a path through (grass or the like). 1
- verb with object trailed to draw out, as speech; protract. 1
- verb with object trailed Ceramics. to pour (slip) on a biscuit so as to produce a pattern. 1
- verb without object trailed to be drawn or dragged along the ground or some other surface, as when hanging from something moving: Her long bridal gown trailed across the floor. 1
- verb without object trailed to hang down loosely from something. 1
- verb without object trailed to stream from or float after something moving, as dust, smoke, and sparks do. 1
- verb without object trailed to follow as if drawn along. 1
- verb without object trailed to fish by trailing a line from a moving boat; troll. 1
- verb without object trailed to go slowly, lazily, or wearily along. 1
- verb without object trailed to pass or extend in a straggling line. 1
- verb without object trailed to change gradually or wander from a course, so as to become weak, ineffectual, etc. (usually followed by off or away): Her voice trailed off into silence. 1
- verb without object trailed to arrive or be last: He finally trailed in at 10 o'clock. 1
- verb without object trailed to be losing in a contest: The home team was trailing 20 to 15. 1
- verb without object trailed to creep or crawl, as a serpent. 1
- verb without object trailed to follow a track or scent, as of game. 1
- verb without object trailed (of a plant) to extend itself in growth along the ground rather than taking root or clinging by tendrils, etc. 1
- noun trailed a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals. 1
- noun trailed the track, scent, or the like, left by an animal, person, or thing, especially as followed by a hunter, hound, or other pursuer. 1
- noun trailed something that is trailed or that trails behind, as the train of a skirt or robe. 1
- noun trailed a stream of dust, smoke, light, people, vehicles, etc., behind something moving. 1
- noun trailed Artillery. the part of a gun carriage that rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. 1
- noun trailed Architecture. a running vine, leaf, or tendril ornament, as in a Gothic molding. 1
- idioms trailed trail arms, Military. to hold a rifle in the right hand at an oblique angle, with the muzzle forward and the butt a few inches off the ground. a command to trail arms. 1