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Trailed

To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

📖 Definitions of "Trailed"

verb

1
To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
"The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods."
2
To drag (something) behind on the ground.
"You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that."
3
To leave (a trail of).
"He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place."
4
To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
"His new film was trailed on TV last night."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
chaseverb	(transitive) To pursue.
entrainverb	To draw (something) along as a current does.
go afterverb	To pursue an object or a goal.
chase afterverb	(idiomatic) To pursue someone with romantic intentions; to woo.
get behindverb	(informal) To come to believe or support something.
trudgeverb	(intransitive) To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
hang backverb	(informal) To wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance.
drop behindverb	(transitive or intransitive) To suddenly do worse than others; to become out-of-date or to fail to keep up with others.
tagverb	(transitive) To label (something).
trackverb	To continue over time.
shackverb	To live (in or with); to shack up.
dragverb	(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
dogverb	(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
tailverb	(architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
leadverb	(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
followedverb	(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
retreatverb	(intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
retreatednoun	people who have retreated
retreatsverb	(intransitive) To withdraw from a position, go back.
straggledverb	To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.