tail
tail&+{1}
[teɪl]
n
the region of the vertebrate body that is posterior to or above the anus and contains an elongation of the vertebral column, esp forming a flexible movable appendage
anything resembling such an appendage in form or position; the bottom, lowest, or rear part
the tail of a shirt
the last part or parts
the tail of the storm
the rear part of an aircraft including the fin, tail plane, and control surfaces; empennage
the luminous stream of gas and dust particles, up to 200 million kilometres long, driven from the head of a comet, when close to the sun, under the effect of the solar wind and light pressure
the rear portion of a bomb, rocket, missile, etc, usually fitted with guiding or stabilizing vanes
a line of people or things
a long braid or tress of hair
a pigtail
Also called: tailfly the lowest fly on a wet-fly cast
a final short line in a stanza
a person employed to follow and spy upon another or others
an informal word for buttocks
the female genitals.a woman considered sexually (esp in the phrases piece of tail, bit of tail)
the margin at the foot of a page.the bottom edge of a book
the lower end of a pool or part of a stream
the course or track of a fleeing person or animal
the police are on my tail
coming from or situated in the rear
a tail wind
vb
to form or cause to form the tail
to remove the tail of (an animal); dock
to remove the stalk of
to top and tail the gooseberries
to connect (objects, ideas, etc) together by or as if by the tail
to follow stealthily
to tend (cattle) on foot
(of a vessel) to assume a specified position, as when at a mooring
to build the end of (a brick, joist, etc) into a wall or (of a brick, etc) to have one end built into a wall
See tail off See tail out See tails
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