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Trailer vs Trailed - What's the difference?

trailer | trailed |

As verbs the difference between trailer and trailed

is that trailer is to load on a trailer or to transport by trailer while trailed is past tense of trail.

As a noun trailer

is someone who or something that trails.

trailer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who or something that trails.
  • Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
    • the trailer of a plant
  • An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
    • At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer .
  • * 1980' April, Greg Stone, ''Utility hauling? Do it with your boat '''trailer'' , '' , page 104,
    • My trailer' is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest ' trailers . I normally use it for carrying a pair of Sunfish sailboats that are much lighter than its 800-pound weight limit.
  • * 2004', Mike Byrnes & Associates, ''Bumper to Bumper: The Complete Guide to Tractor-'''Trailer Operations , page 310,
    • Or you can slide the trailer'?s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the ' trailer along with its wheel-base.
  • * 2009 , Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine , page 122,
    • There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horse trailers' and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of the ' trailer .
  • (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.
    • We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
  • (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
    • The young couple?s first home was in a trailer.
  • (chiefly, US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
    • The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
  • A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
  • (computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card .
    • ''The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
  • (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
    • The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.

    Usage notes

    * In Australia and the UK, use of trailer in the sense of “preview of a film” is gaining currency over the synonym preview, due to US influence.

    Synonyms

    * * camper (US), camper van, caravan (UK), mobile home * (prefabricated home that could be towed but typically is not) mobile home * (preview of a film) preview, teaser * sentinel

    Antonyms

    * header

    Derived terms

    * horse trailer * tractor-trailer * trailer card (computing) * trailer park * trailer sailer * trailer tent * trailer trash

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.
    • The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.

    Anagrams

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    trailed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (trail)

    • Anagrams

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    trail

    English

    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.

    Derived terms

    * trailer * trail off

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
  • A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.

    • Synonyms

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

    Derived terms

    * condensation trail, contrail * paper trail * sawdust trail * star trail * trail bike * trailblazer (see blazer) * trailblazing * trail mix * vapo(u)r trail

    See also

    * path * track

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