PICK UP A TRAIL/SCENT

Meaning of PICK UP A TRAIL/SCENT in English

recognize the trail of a hunted person or animal The tracking dogs were able to pick up the trail of the criminal easily.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRAIL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Appalachian National Scenic Trail Chisholm Trail Ho Chi Minh Trail Iditarod Trail Sled Dog …
Английский словарь Британика
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRAIL — I. ˈtrāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English trailen, from Middle French trailler …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCENT — I. ˈsent verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English senten, from Middle French sentir to feel, have the odor of, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICK — I. ˈpik verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Middle French piquer to prick, pick, pluck, strike …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCENT — (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
Английский словарь Webster
SCENT — (n.) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an …
Английский словарь Webster
PICK — (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the …
Английский словарь Webster
SCENT — ( n. ) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCENT — ( n. ) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PICK — ( v. ) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRAIL — — trailingly , adv. — trailless , adj. /trayl/ , v.t. 1. to drag or let drag along the ground …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCENT — — scentless , adj. — scentlessness , n. /sent/ , n. 1. a distinctive odor, esp. when agreeable: the scent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PICK — pick 1 — pickable , adj. /pik/ , v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRAIL — I. ˈtrāl verb Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from Anglo-French * trailer, alteration of trainer to drag, trail on the ground …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCENT — I. ˈsent noun Etymology: Middle English sent, from Anglo-French sente, from sentir Date: 14th century 1. : effluvia from a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PICK — I. ˈpik verb Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Old English * pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
TRAIL — noun anything drawn along, as a vehicle. 2. trail ·noun a frame for trailing plants; a trellis. 3. trail ·vt …
Webster English vocab
SCENT — vi to have a smell. 2. scent ·vi to hunt animals by means of the sense of smell. 3. scent …
Webster English vocab
PICK — v to open (a lock) as by a wire. 2. pick ·v to trim. 3. pick ·noun choice; right of …
Webster English vocab
TRAIL — [trail] vb [ME, fr. MF trailler to tow, fr. (assumed) VL tragulare, fr. L tragula sledge, dragnet; akin to L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCENT — [scent] n [ME sent, fr. senten] (14c) 1: effluvia from a substance that affect the sense of smell: as a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICK — [pick] vb [ME piken, partly fr. (assumed) OE pician (akin to MD picken to prick); partly fr. MF piquer to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCENT — scent BrE AmE sent (= cent, sent) ▷ scented ˈsent ɪd -əd AmE ˈsen t̬ əd ▷ scenting ˈsent ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAIL — / treɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a long line or series of marks that is left …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCENT — / sent; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , C ] the pleasant smell that sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICK — / pɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRAIL — I. trail 1 /treɪl/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: trailler 'to pull after …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCENT — I. scent 1 /sent/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a pleasant smell that something has SYN fragrance : a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a a track left by a thing, person, etc., moving over a surface (left a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCENT — n. & v. --n. 1 a distinctive, esp. pleasant, smell (the scent of hay). 2 a a scent trail left …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PICK — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a a track left by a thing, person, etc., moving over a surface (left a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCENT — n. & v. n. 1 a distinctive, esp. pleasant, smell (the scent of hay). 2 a a scent trail left …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PICK — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a a track left by a thing, person, etc., moving over a surface (left a …
Oxford English vocab
SCENT — n. & v. --n. 1. a distinctive, esp. pleasant, smell (the scent of hay). 2 a a scent trail left …
Oxford English vocab
PICK — 1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1. (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRAIL — ( trails, trailing, trailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A trail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCENT — ( scents, scenting, scented) 1. The scent of something is the pleasant smell that it has. Flowers are chosen for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICK — ( picks, picking, picked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCENT — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. The ~ of something is the pleasant smell that it has. Flowers are chosen for their …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TRAIL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a trail of destruction (= a long line of things that have been destroyed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCENT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heavy scent/perfume etc ▪ the heavy scent of the lilies scented/perfumed soap ▪ His …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRAIL — n. Appalachian National Scenic Trail Chisholm Trail Ho Chi Minh Trail Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Oregon Trail Santa Fe …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRAIL — Synonyms and related words : afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage, aftermath, afterpart, afterpiece, aftertaste, alameda, aroma, attend, back, back …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PICK — Synonyms and related words : abuse, accelerate, accost, accumulate, acquire, adz, aggravate, alternativity, amass, annoy, apprehend, arrest, assemble, ax, badger, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRAIL — I. noun 1 line/smell that sb/sth leaves behind ADJECTIVE ▪ scent ▪ Ants follow a scent ~ laid down previously. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SCENT — noun 1 pleasant smell ADJECTIVE ▪ heady , heavy , intoxicating , pungent , rich , sharp , strong ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PICK — I. noun VERB + PICK ▪ have ▪ She had her ~ of the single men. ▪ take ▪ Which …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
TRAIL — n. 25B6; noun he left a trail of clues 007C; a trail of devastation : SERIES, string, chain, succession, sequence; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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