trail vs wake

trail

verb
  • To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along. 

  • To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication. 

  • To run or climb like certain plants. 

  • To be losing, to be behind in a competition. 

  • To leave (a trail of). 

  • To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle. 

  • To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail. 

  • To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion. 

  • To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something). 

  • To travel by following or creating trails. 

  • To drag (something) behind on the ground. 

  • To create a trail in. 

noun
  • A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme. 

  • The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky. 

  • A walk in which all the edges are distinct. 

  • A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc. 

  • A route or circuit generally. 

  • The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground. 

wake

verb
  • To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite. 

  • (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep. 

  • (often followed by up) To stop sleeping. 

  • To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. 

  • To be or remain awake; not to sleep. 

  • To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active. 

noun
  • A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party and/or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects. 

  • The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft. 

  • The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water. 

  • A number of vultures assembled together. 

  • A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking. 

  • The area behind something, typically a rapidly-moving object. 

  • The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. 

  • The movement of water created when an animal or a person moves through water. 

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