Word.ws English Dictionary

trails behind

trails behind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trail behind.

Meaning of trail behind

Verb

trail behind (third-person singular simple present trails behind, present participle trailing behind, simple past and past participle trailed behind)

  1. (transitive) To increase or to succeed at a rate lower than (something else).
    • Tech stocks trailed behind the overall market today.
  2. (transitive) To follow (someone) slowly, usually surreptitiously.

Questions about trails behind

What is trails behind the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Trails behind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of trail behind.

Words near trails behind in the dictionary

  1. trailmaster
  2. trailmasters
  3. trailmen
  4. trails
  5. trails away
  6. trails behind
  7. trails of tears
  8. trails off
  9. trailside
  10. trailsman
  11. trailsmen

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trails behind (page history and authors); trail behind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “trails behind.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/trails_behind. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.