trail – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of trail

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to trail
Participle: trailed
Gerund: trailing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itrail
youtrail
he;she;ittrails
wetrail
youtrail
theytrail

Perfect

Ihave trailed
youhave trailed
he;she;ithas trailed
wehave trailed
youhave trailed
theyhave trailed

Past

Itrailed
youtrailed
he;she;ittrailed
wetrailed
youtrailed
theytrailed

Pluperfect

Ihad trailed
youhad trailed
he;she;ithad trailed
wehad trailed
youhad trailed
theyhad trailed

Future

Iwill trail
youwill trail
he;she;itwill trail
wewill trail
youwill trail
theywill trail

Future Perfect

Iwill have trailed
youwill have trailed
he;she;itwill have trailed
wewill have trailed
youwill have trailed
theywill have trailed

Subjunctive

Present

Itrail
youtrail
he;she;ittrail
wetrail
youtrail
theytrail

Perfect

Ihave trailed
youhave trailed
he;she;ithave trailed
wehave trailed
youhave trailed
theyhave trailed

Imperfect

Itrailed
youtrailed
he;she;ittrailed
wetrailed
youtrailed
theytrailed

Pluperfect

Ihad trailed
youhad trailed
he;she;ithad trailed
wehad trailed
youhad trailed
theyhad trailed

Conditional

Present

Iwould trail
youwould trail
he;she;itwould trail
wewould trail
youwould trail
theywould trail

Perfect

Iwould have trailed
youwould have trailed
he;she;itwould have trailed
wewould have trailed
youwould have trailed
theywould have trailed

Imperative

youtrail
weLet's trail
youtrail

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam trailing
youare trailing
he;she;itis trailing
weare trailing
youare trailing
theyare trailing

Perfect

Ihave been trailing
youhave been trailing
he;she;ithas been trailing
wehave been trailing
youhave been trailing
theyhave been trailing

Past

Iwas trailing
youwere trailing
he;she;itwas trailing
wewere trailing
youwere trailing
theywere trailing

Pluperfect

Ihad been trailing
youhad been trailing
he;she;ithad been trailing
wehad been trailing
youhad been trailing
theyhad been trailing

Future

Iwill be trailing
youwill be trailing
he;she;itwill be trailing
wewill be trailing
youwill be trailing
theywill be trailing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been trailing
youwill have been trailing
he;she;itwill have been trailing
wewill have been trailing
youwill have been trailing
theywill have been trailing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be trailing
youwould be trailing
he;she;itwould be trailing
wewould be trailing
youwould be trailing
theywould be trailing

Perfect

Iwould have been trailing
youwould have been trailing
he;she;itwould have been trailing
wewould have been trailing
youwould have been trailing
theywould have been trailing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'trail'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'trail'

brail, drail, frail, rail, tail, train, trawl, ail, avail, bail,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drag
tarry, linger, dawdle, draw, loiter
track
pursue, trace

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1303, "to drag along behind," from O.Fr. trailler "to tow," ult. from V.L. *tragulare "to drag," from L. tragula "dragnet," probably related to trahere "to pull" (see tract (1)). The meaning "follow the trail of" is first recorded 1590.
2. From Middle English trailen, from Old French trailler (“to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry”), from Vulgar Latin *tragulāre (“to drag”), from Latin tragula (“dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap”), probably related to Latin trahere (“to pull, drag along”). See: Old French 'trailler', Latin 'trahere'.

Sample Sentences

  • Tom rose up meekly, to follow his new master, and raised up his heavy box on his shoulder. His wife took the baby in her arms to go with him to the wagon, and the children, still crying, trailed on behind. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [ 1 ] Ps. 74:20. ~~~ Trailing wearily behind a rude wagon, and over a ruder road, Tom and his associates faced onward. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)