trailing
1Trailing — Trail ing, a. & vb. n. from {Trail}. [1913 Webster] {Trailing arbutus}. (Bot.) See under {Arbutus}. {Trailing spring}, a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock …
2Trailing — is a term used to describe the practice of writing poetry, where one person begins a poem and another person writes the second line, a third person the third, and so on. It is thought to have originated in the French Enlightenment when… …
3trailing — index subsequent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4Trailing — The most recent time period, often used to describe the time that a particular set of data is referring to. Trailing is used to describe a past statistic, such as same store sales, but can also be used to describe a technique, such as a trailing… …
5Trailing — Trail Trail (tr[=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trailed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trailing}.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line;… …
6trailing — trail|ing [ treılıŋ ] adjective a trailing plant has stems that grow very long or hang down: trailing ivy …
7trailing — adjective a trailing plant grows along the ground or hangs down: ivy and other trailing plants …
8trailing — semi·trailing; trailing; …
9trailing — UK [ˈtreɪlɪŋ] / US adjective a trailing plant has stems that grow very long or hang down trailing ivy …
10trailing — adj. Trailing is used with these nouns: ↑flex …
