trailing

Pluraltrailings

1. 1
   adjective

   Hanging down and dragging along behind something as it moves.

   Like the long tail of a kite dragging behind it in the wind.

   The bride's long, trailing veil swept across the floor.

   She tripped over a trailing wire from the lamp.

   Similardangling, hanging

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of trail. Use this form for an action that is happening now.

   The puppy was trailing behind the children all afternoon.

   Her long scarf was trailing in the snow.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   Cloth or other material that trails, hanging down or stretching out behind something in a long line.

   A long trailing of white ribbon hung from the back of her hat.

   The kitten got tangled in the trailings of yarn left on the floor.

   Similarstrand, wisp, streamer, streak

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4. 4
   adjective

   Coming together in the same direction that a train is traveling.

   Like two roads that meet and join into one, going the same way you are already driving.

   The train passed smoothly over the trailing points.

   A trailing switch joins the two tracks into one.

   Oppositefacing

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