Trailing (Noun)
Meaning
The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The detective was skilled in trailing suspects through the city streets without being noticed.
- The hunters spent hours trailing the deer through the dense forest, following the faint tracks in the mud.
- The search party was trailing the missing hiker, following the trail of discarded food and torn fabric.
- The police were trailing the getaway car, tracking the tire marks and eyewitness accounts.
- The wildlife expert was trailing the rare species, carefully following the faint footprints in the sand.