What (who) is Trail - definition
MAMMALIAN PROTEIN FOUND IN HOMO SAPIENS
TNFSF10; TNF-Related Apoptosis Induced Ligand; CD253; TNFSF10 (gene); TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand; ONC201; Tnf-related apoptosis-inducing ligand; Tnf-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor
Trail
·noun Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
II. Trail ·noun A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
III. Trail ·vt To draw or drag, as along the ground.
IV. Trail ·vi To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
V. Trail ·noun Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
VI. Trail ·vt To hunt by the track; to Track.
VII. Trail ·vt To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
VIII. Trail ·vt To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
IX. Trail ·noun Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
X. Trail ·noun The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an Imposition.
XI. Trail ·noun A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
XII. Trail ·vi To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
XIII. Trail ·noun A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
XIV. Trail ·noun The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like;
- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
XV. Trail ·vt To carry, as 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.
XVI. Trail ·noun That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. ·see ·Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.
trail
(trails, trailing, trailed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A trail is a rough path across open country or through forests.
He was following a broad trail through the trees.
= track
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2.
A trail is a route along a series of paths or roads, often one that has been planned and marked out for a particular purpose.
...a large area of woodland with hiking and walking trails.
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3.
A trail is a series of marks or other signs of movement or other activities left by someone or something.
Everywhere in the house was a sticky trail of orange juice...
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n
4.
If you trail someone or something, you follow them secretly, often by finding the marks or signs that they have left.
Two detectives were trailing him...
I trailed her to a shop in Kensington.
= follow
VERB: V n, V n prep/adv
5.
You can refer to all the places that a politician visits in the period before an election as their campaign trail.
During a recent speech on the campaign trail, he was interrupted by hecklers.
N-COUNT: n N
6.
If you trail something or it trails, it hangs down loosely behind you as you move along.
She came down the stairs slowly, trailing the coat behind her...
He let his fingers trail in the water.
VERB: V n, V prep
7.
If someone trails somewhere, they move there slowly, without any energy or enthusiasm, often following someone else.
He trailed through the wet Manhattan streets...
VERB: V adv/prep
8.
If a person or team in a sports match or other contest is trailing, they have a lower score than their opponents.
He scored again, leaving Dartford trailing 3-0 at the break...
The polls showed the Tories trailing behind the Government by 17 per cent.
VERB: usu cont, V amount, V behind n
9.
If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
The police were hot on his trail...
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
10.
trail
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n.
1) to blaze, make; lay out a trail
2) to leave a trail (the wounded animal left a trail of blood)
3) to cover up a trail
4) a steep; winding trail
5) a hiking; ski; vapor trail (to lay out a ski trail)
6) on smb.'s trail (the police were on his trail)
7) (misc.) the trail winds through the forest
II
v. (D; intr.) to trail behind (to trail behind the leaders)
Wikipedia
TRAIL
In the field of cell biology, TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), is a protein functioning as a ligand that induces the process of cell death called apoptosis.
TRAIL is a cytokine that is produced and secreted by most normal tissue cells. It causes apoptosis primarily in tumor cells, by binding to certain death receptors. TRAIL and its receptors have been used as the targets of several anti-cancer therapeutics since the mid-1990s, such as Mapatumumab. However, as of 2013, these have not shown significant survival benefit. TRAIL has also been implicated as a pathogenic or protective factor in various pulmonary diseases, particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension.
TRAIL has also been designated CD253 (cluster of differentiation 253) and TNFSF10 (tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 10).
Pronunciation examples for Trail
1. Trail, the Appalachian Trail.
Called Again _ Jennifer Davis _ Talks at Google
2. trail.
My Life on the Run _ Bart Yasso _ Talks at Google
3. mountain trail.
The Paradise Guest House _ Ellen Sussman _ Talks at Google
4. It's a wonderful trail.
Boston's Cycling Craze and Renaissance _ Lorenz J. Finison _ Talks at Google
5. awaiting her trail.
The Witches - Salem, 1692 _ Stacy Schiff _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Trail
1. North Kaibab Trail, Transept Trail and Widforss Trail all make for great views.
2. The column described in detail the trail of permit applications that became a trail of prohibitions, which in turn became a trail of tribulations.
3. Some parts of the trail already exist as part of the Israel Trail, the Golan Trail or the planned trail from Nazareth to the churches north of the Kinneret, Atzmon said.
4. John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, America‘s first national historic water trail.
5. "Development has edged orchards out on certain legs of the trail," says Linda Terry, chairwoman of the Blossom Trail Committee.