Entry Word: trail

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps <took a trail through the woods to get to the main road>

Synonyms footpath, path, pathway, trace, track

Related Words bridle path; towpath; bypath, byroad, byway, passageway, walkway; detour, shortcut; course, passage, road, route, run, runway, way

2 a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it <the slugs left a slimy trail on the sidewalk> — see track 1