Usually means: Following behind at a distance.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word trailing:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. trailing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. trailing: Merriam-Webster
  3. trailing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. trailing: Vocabulary.com
  5. Trailing, trailing: Wordnik
  6. trailing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. trailing: Wiktionary
  8. trailing: Dictionary.com
  9. trailing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Trailing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Trailing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. trailing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. trailing: Rhymezone
  14. Trailing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. trailing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. trailing: FreeDictionary.org
  17. trailing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. trailing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. TRAILING: Accounting Glossary
  3. Trailing: Investopedia
  4. trailing: Legal dictionary
  5. Trailing: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trailing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. trailing: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trailing: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trailing: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converges in the direction of travel.
adjective:  That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind.
noun:  Fabric or other material that trails.

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