trail-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: lag or linger behind

Examples:
The dog trailed some distance behind his master.
John trailed behind his class mates in math.
Caterpillar Inc. said full-year earnings will trail last year's results.
He trailed for only five holes during his six matches.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Cotheme
PropBank: trail.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: (cause to) lay or drag along a surface

Examples:
The bride's veil trailed along the ground.
The ivy trailed across the balcony.
Two men were wounded and staggered along, trailing blood behind them.
The toddler was trailing his pants.
The rock trailed seaweed whiskers.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: trail.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5

Sense Number 3: follow a trail; pursue

Examples:
He trailed them into the Osage Nation and located their hide-out.

Mappings:
VerbNet: chase-51.6
FrameNet: Cotheme
PropBank: trail.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 4: TRAIL OFF: dwindle; come to an end

Examples:
Sales of the low-end products may finally be trailing off.
His voice trailed off when he saw the look on her face.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: trail.02