Nachlauf — meaning in English

English meaning

• trail verb To follow closely behind someone or something.
• wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

Nachlauf is used for these senses in English:

• trail The horizontal distance from where the wheel touches the ground to where the steering axis intersects the ground.
• wake (aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.

trail — full definition

1. verb To follow closely behind someone or something.
2. verb To drag something loosely behind while moving, or to hang down loosely.
3. verb To be losing or behind in a race, game, or competition.
4. noun A mark or path left by something that has passed, or a route used for walking or hiking.

wake — full definition

1. verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.
2. noun A gathering held before or after a funeral to remember the person who died.
3. noun The trail of disturbed water left behind a moving boat, or turbulence left behind anything moving through air or water.

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