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trailed
[treyl] 
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trail
[treyl]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lag behind, follow |
| Synonyms: | bedog, bring up the rear, chase, dally, dangle, dawdle, delay, dog*, drag, draggle, draw, droop, drop back, extend, fall back, fall behind, falter, flag, follow a scent, halt, hang, hang back, hang down, haul, hunt, lag, linger, loiter, nose out, plod, poke, poke along, procrastinate, pull, pursue, shadow, shag, spook, spoor, stalk, straggle, stream, string along, tag along, tail, take out after, tarry, tow, trace, track, traipse, trudge |
| Antonyms: | lead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | boondoggle, drag, fool around, fool with, fritter away, hang about, horse around, idle, jerk off, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag, play around, play games with, procrastinate, put off, putter, tarry, trail, trifle with, waste time, while away |
| Antonyms: | hasten, hurry, push, rush |
| Main Entry: | dangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend |
| Synonyms: | brandish, depend, droop, entice, flap, flaunt, flourish, hang, hang down, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave |
| Main Entry: | dog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase after; bother |
| Synonyms: | bedog, haunt, hound, plague, pursue, shadow, tag, tail, track, trail, trouble |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, let go |
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | haul something to a new place |
| Synonyms: | draw, hale, lug, magnetize, move, pull, schlepp, tow, trail, transport, truck, tug, yank |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something by pulling |
| Synonyms: | attract, bring, carry, convey, cull, draft, drag, drain, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, fetch, gather, haul, hook, jerk, lug, magnetize, pick, pluck, pump, rake, siphon, tap, tow, trail, trawl, tug, wind in, wrench, yank |
| Antonyms: | exhale, propel, push, repel, repulse |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane |
| Antonyms: | ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale |
| Main Entry: | ferret out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, be on to, bring to light, chase, chase down, determine, dig out, dig up, dig up, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, extract, follow, get at, hunt, hunt down, learn, nose out, penetrate, pick up on, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, root out, root out, scout out, search out, seek, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, trace, track down, trail, uncover, unearth, worm out |
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend or be suspended |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, beetle, bend, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, fix, flap, float, flop, furnish, hold, hover, impend, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stay up, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave |
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