Past tense of trail
regular verb
The past tense of trail is trailed. The past participle is also trailed.
Forms of trail
| Base form (V1) | trail /tɹeɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | trailed |
| Past participle (V3) | trailed |
| Present participle | trailing /ˈtɹeɪ.lɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | trails /tɹeɪlz/ |
Trailed in a sentence
- The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods.
- Nine months before she was taken in October 1994, Jodi was out jogging in Mason City before realizing she was being trailed.2026 August 10, Nicholas Muhoro, “Jodi Huisentruit, 27, Vanished From Her Apartment Parking Lot in 1995. Police Found Signs of a Struggle”...
- Tech stocks trailed behind the overall market today.From the entry trail behind
- Behind her trailed twelve more English ships of the line like a paddling of ducklings.2018, Gerald Stulc, The Surgion's Mate, Sarasota, Florida: First Edition Design Publishing. From the entry paddling
- I trailed my fingers along his abs, down to his V-line.2014, Doeneseya Bates, Summer To Remember & Forget, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry v-line
Meaning of trail
- verb To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
- verb To drag (something) behind on the ground.
- verb To leave (a trail of).
Questions about the past tense of trail
- What is the past tense of trail?
- The past tense of trail is trailed.
- What is the past participle of trail?
- The past participle of trail is trailed.
- Is trail a regular or irregular verb?
- Trail is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trail (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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