tail
adjective
1. (law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
- estate tail
noun
1. the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
Definition categories: animal, appendage, outgrowth, process
2. the time of the last part of something
- the tail of the storm
Definition categories: time, end, ending
3. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
Definition categories: shape, projection
4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Similar word(s): backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rump, seat, stern, tush
Definition categories: body
5. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Similar word(s): shadow, shadower
Definition categories: person, follower, spy
6. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
Definition categories: man–made, reverse, verso
7. the rear part of an aircraft
Similar word(s): empennage
Definition categories: man–made, back, rear
8. the rear part of a ship
Similar word(s): poop, quarter, stern
Definition categories: man–made, back, rear
Sentences with tail as a noun:
- Most primates have a tail and fangs.
- A sequence is said to be frequently if every tail of the sequence contains .
- After the burly macho nudists' polar bear dip, their tails were spectacularly shrunk, so they looked like an immature kid's innocent tail.
- I'm gonna get me some tail tonight.
- tail male — limitation to male heirsin tail — subject to such a limitation
verb
1. go after with the intent to catch
Similar word(s): chase, dog, tag, track, trail
Definition categories: motion, follow, pursue
2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Definition categories: contact, cut
3. remove the stalk of fruits or berries
Definition categories: contact, pinch, top
Sentences with tail as a verb:
- Tail that car!
- This vessel tails downstream.