trailing meaning
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US WTrailing
- Trailing can mean, among others:
- Facing and trailing, in railroads
- Trailing wheel
- Trailing arm
- Trailing edge
- Hound Trailing
- Trailing twelve months
- NounPLtrailingsSUF-ling
- Verb
- Adjective
- (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converges in the direction of travel.
- (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converges in the direction of travel.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Neil Lennon and his players have, in almost no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of trailing in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Participles
- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
- Verb forms
- Adjectives
- en trailings
- en trailingly
- en trailing axle
- en trailing edge
- en trailing truck
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "trailing" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.