trail
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(verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground |
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Related Words: drag |
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(verb) drag heavily or wearily, as of the body |
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Related Words: tow |
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(verb) to walk or proceed draggingly, slowly: "Snow buried the streets and covered the slanting rooftops, as John trudged toward St. Peter's." |
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Synonyms: shack, trudge |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country |
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Related Words: Indian trail, Santa Fe Trail, cart track, cartroad, cattle trail, deer trail, horse-trail, mountain trail, ski run, track |
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(noun) a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek" |
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Related Words: course, path, slot, spoor, track |
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(verb) drag along, either literally or metaphorically, as in one's wake |
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Synonyms: entrain |
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Related Words: draw, force, pull |
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(verb) to lag or linger behind: "But in so many other areas we still are dragging." |
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Synonyms: drag, drop behind, get behind, hang back |
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Related Words: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag |
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(verb) go after with the intent to catch |
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Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, go after, tag, tail, track |
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Related Words: follow, hound, hunt, pursue, quest, run down, trace |
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(noun) evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" |
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Synonyms: lead, track |
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Related Words: evidence, grounds |
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