trail

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People who were there will know who you're talking about, but it doesn't become part of the internet paper trail.

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Quick take

a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of trail gathered in one view.

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"

noun

a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

noun

evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for trail.

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"

noun

a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

noun

evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

verb

to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

verb

go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

verb

move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"

verb

hang down so as to drag along the ground; "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"

verb

drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"

Example sentences

People who were there will know who you're talking about, but it doesn't become part of the internet paper trail.

That provides an excellent audit trail for the voting.

For example, AdSense alone has left a trail of destruction like no other service out there.

If I edit someone's submission title, an edit trail identifies that I did that.

- Design "clear trail" markers apparent in all weather and easily moved to reflect cleared sections?

"It's quite indefensible to use a voting system that doesn't leave a literal paper trail.

And then at the end I find out the trail-blazing product he left academia for is "a newsfeed based on your interests.

What's interesting is that Jobs accomplished something valuable to society, though not without leaving a trail of damage in his wake.

This 'intermediate phase' we know all too well, and we also know how it then developed, not ushering in a perfect world, but leaving behind a trail of appalling destruction.

Then Eric Schmidt says: > I would prefer Omid do it verbally since I don't want to create a paper trail over which we can be sued laterHow does someone this stupid rise to such a high position of wealth and influence?

There is no judicial overview, no audit trail and absolutely no way to tell who was responsible to introducing erroneous or just opinionated domains on the list.

Grab some branch names and commits from those forks and commit them to Nicolai's fork, under Nicolai's name and with a few Nicolai-specific changes here and there, to commit messages and perhaps to code comments, to obscure the trail.

Considering they'd even earlier today advertised a Monday booty release, I suspect that, rather than abandoning the Lulzsec facade after 50 days, it's that the fuzz is a little too hot on their trail for comfort.

It's a crime that road/highway development rarely takes this into consideration, especially when some of the nicest trails I ride go alongside or beneath some of the busiest roads in my metropolitan area.