Verb

(en verb)

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

(label) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, 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.

(label) To leave (a trail of).

(label) 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.

To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 29, author=Keith Jackson, work=Daily Record

, title= SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0 , passage=Neil Lennon and his players have, in almost no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear.}}

(label) 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.

To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.

(Longfellow)

(label) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

* (1816-1855)

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

Verb

(accelerat)

(label) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

(label) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.}}

To cause a change of velocity.

(label) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

(label) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

(label) Grow; increase.

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