Elongated or trailing portion. • The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. • A trail or line of something, especially gunpowder. • The tail of a bird. • The tail of an animal in general. • The elongated body or form of something narrow and winding, such as the course of a river or the body of a snake. • A transient trail of glowing ions behind a large meteor as it falls through the atmosphere or accompanying a comet as it nears the sun; tail. • An animal's trail or track. • Something dragged or laid along the ground to form a trail of scent or food along which to lure an animal. • Gait or manner of running of a horse. • Connected sequence of people or things. • A group of people following an important figure such as a king or noble; a retinue, a group of retainers. • A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. • A group or class of people. • The men and vehicles following an army, which carry artillery and other equipment for battle or siege. • A sequence of events or ideas which are interconnected; a course or procedure of something. • A set of things, events, or circumstances that follow after or as a consequence; aftermath, wake. • State of progress, status, situation (in phrases introduced by in a + adjective); also proper order or situation (introduced by in or in a alone). • A set of interconnected mechanical parts which operate each other in sequence. • A series of electrical pulses. • A series of specified vehicles (originally tramcars in a mine as usual, later especially railway carriages) coupled together. • A mechanical (originally steam-powered, now typically diesel or electrical) vehicle carrying a large number of passengers and freight along a designated track or path; a line of connected wagons considered overall as a mode of transport; (as uncountable noun) rail or road travel. • A service on a railway line. • A long, heavy sleigh used in Canada for the transportation of merchandise, wood, etc. • A software release schedule. • An act wherein series of men line up and then penetrate a person, especially as a form of gang rape. • A specified topic, behavior, interest or inclination.