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tail

(t/eI/l )

adjective (a)

Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
the time of the last part of something(noun.time)

Example:
The tail of the storm.

Synonym:
fag end, tail end

source: wordnet30
any projection that resembles the tail of an animal(noun.shape)

Synonym:
tail end

source: wordnet30
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on(noun.body)

Synonym:
arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rea

source: wordnet30
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements(noun.person)

Synonym:
shadow, shadower

source: wordnet30
(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head(noun.artifact)

Antonym:
head

source: wordnet30
the rear part of an aircraft(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
empennage, tail assembly

source: wordnet30
the rear part of a ship(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
after part, poop, quarter, stern

source: wordnet30
Limitation; abridgment.(noun)

source: webster1913
The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.(noun)

source: webster1913
In some forms of rope-laying machine, pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for wrapping around the rope to be laid.(noun)

source: webster1913
In flying machines, a plane or group of planes used at the rear to confer stability.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

go after with the intent to catch(verb.motion)

Synonym:
chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, track, trail

source: wordnet30
remove or shorten the tail of an animal(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bob, dock

source: wordnet30
remove the stalk of fruits or berries(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.(verb)

source: webster1913
To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.(verb)

source: webster1913

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