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English

Etymology

From Middle English trailen, from Old French trailler (“to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry”), from Vulgar Latin *tragul?re (“to drag”), from Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to Latin trahere (“to pull, drag along”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?l, IPA^(key): /t?e?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Verb

trail (third-person singular simple present trails, present participle trailing, simple past and past participle trailed)

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

2. (transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     "I saw your brother—I saw your brother," he said, nodding his head, as Archer lagged past him, trailing his spade, and scowling at the old gentleman in spectacles.

3. (transitive) To leave (a trail of).

4. (transitive) 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.

5. (intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.

   The bride's long dress trailed behind her as she walked down the aisle.
6. (intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.
7. (intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

   Our parents marched to church and we trailed behind.

8. To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
9. (military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
10. To create a trail in.
11. To travel by following or creating trails.
12. To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail.
13. (dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

      I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.

Derived terms

• trailer
• trail off

Translations

Noun

trail (plural trails)

1. The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
2. A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
3. A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
4. (graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

Synonyms

• (track of an animal): spoor, sign
• (route for travel over land): dirt track, footpath, path, track

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• path
• track

Anagrams

• TRALI, irtal, litra, trial

French

Noun

trail f (plural trails)

1. Dual-sport motorcycle
2. Trail running

English

Etymology

From Middle English sliden, from Old English sl?dan (“to slide”), from Proto-Germanic *sl?dan? (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléyd?-e-ti, from *sleyd?- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German sl?tan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German sl?den (“to slide”), Middle Dutch sl?den (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit ??????? (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sla?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

slide (third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past slid, past participle slid or (archaic) slidden)

1. (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface

2. (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
   • c. 1685, Edmund Waller, Of the Invasion and Defeat of the Turks

     They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.

3. (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.

4. (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.

5. (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pass inadvertently.
7. (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
   • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy

     Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
8. (music) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cessation of sound.
9. (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.

   Synonyms: toboggan, sled

Derived terms

• aslide
• let slide

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (suraido)

Translations

Noun

slide (plural slides)

1. An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

2. A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
3. The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.

4. An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
5. A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
6. The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
7. A lever that can be moved in two directions.
8. A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
9. (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
10. (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.

11. (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
12. (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
13. (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
14. (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
15. (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.

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16. (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
17. (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
18. A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
19. (clothing) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
20. (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
21. (vulgar slang) a promiscuous woman, slut

Synonyms

• (item of play equipment): slippery dip
• (inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity): chute
• (mechanism of a part which slides on or against a guide): runner

Hyponyms

• helter-skelter

Derived terms

• (transparent plate bearing an image): slide projector, slide viewer

Descendants

• ? Czech: slajd
• ? Japanese: ???? (suraido)
• ? Portuguese: slide

Translations

Anagrams

• Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, isled, leids, sidle, siled, sleid

Danish

Etymology

from Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *sl?tan?, cognate with Swedish slita, English slit, German schleißen, Dutch slijten,

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sli?ð?]

Verb

slide (imperative slid, infinitive at slide, present tense slider, past tense sled, perfect tense har slidt)

1. labour; work hard
2. chafe

Inflection

Middle English

Verb

slide

1. Alternative form of sliden

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English slide.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.?laj.d??i/, /?slajd??/, /?zlajd??/, /?slajd/

Noun

slide m (plural slides)

1. slide (transparent image for projecting)

   Synonyms: transparência, diapositivo

2. slide (a frame in a slideshow)
3. (music) slide (device for playing slide guitar)
4. (music) slide (guitar technique where the player moves finger up or down the fretboard)