tail

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

tails

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

tail

past (v2)

tailed

past participle (v3)

tailed

present participle

tailing

3rd person singular

tails

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.

   • Most primates have a tail and fangs.

2. 2.The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.

   • The boy caught the dog by the tail.

3. 3.The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.

   • The boy caught the dog by the tail.

4. 4.An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.

   • Duretus writes a great praise of the Distill'd waters of those tails that hang on Willow Trees.
   • Using a thin tapestry needle, weave the warp tails back into the fabric in a warpwise direction and trim off the excess.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

2. 2.To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.

3. 3.To follow and observe surreptitiously.

4. 4.To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

   • Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncancelled.

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Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

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Academic

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Literature

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Antonyms

• head

Word family

• detail
• retail