ALL meanings of tail
tail
T t - noun tail the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs. 1
- adjective tail limited to a specified line of heirs; entailed. 1
- verb with object tail Informal. to follow in order to hinder escape of or to observe: to tail a suspect. 1
- verb with object tail to form or furnish with a tail. 1
- verb with object tail to form or constitute the tail or end of (a procession, retinue, etc.). 1
- verb with object tail to terminate; come after or behind; follow like a tail. 1
- noun tail animal: end part 1
- verb with object tail to join or attach (one thing) at the tail or end of another. 1
- noun tail rear 1
- verb with object tail Building Trades. to fasten (a beam, stone, etc.) by one end (usually followed by in or into). 1
- noun tail end section of an aircraft 1
- verb with object tail to dock the tail of (a horse, dog, etc.). 1
- noun tail reverse face of a coin 1
- verb without object tail to follow close behind: She always tails after her sister. 1
- interjection tail coin: reverse face up 1
- verb without object tail to disappear gradually or merge into: The path tails off into the woods. 1
- adjective tail coming from behind 1
- verb without object tail to form, or move or pass in, a line or column suggestive of a tail: The hikers tailed up the narrow path. 1
- noun tail end part of a comet 1
- verb without object tail (of a boat) to have or take a position with the stern in a particular direction. 1
- noun tail bottom of a shirt 1
- verb without object tail Building Trades. (of a beam, stone, etc.) to be fastened by one end (usually followed by in or into). 1
- noun tail trailing part of a kite 1
- idioms tail turn tail, to turn one's back on, as in aversion or fright. to run away from difficulty, opposition, etc.; flee: The sight of superior forces made the attackers turn tail. 1
- noun tail person doing surveillance 1
- idioms tail with one's tail between one's legs, utterly humiliated; defeated; cowed: They were forced to retreat with their tails between their legs. 1
- noun tail sex with a woman 1
- noun tail woman as sexual object 1
- noun,plural tail tailcoat: men's dress coat 1
- transitive verb tail follow 1
- verb tail to form or cause to form the tail 0
- verb tail to remove the tail of (an animal); dock 0
- verb tail to remove the stalk of 0
- verb tail to connect (objects, ideas, etc) together by or as if by the tail 0
- verb tail to follow stealthily 0
- verb tail to tend (cattle) on foot 0
- verb tail (of a vessel) to assume a specified position, as when at a mooring 0
- verb tail 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 0
- noun tail the limitation of an estate or interest to a person and the heirs of his body 0
- adjective tail (of an estate or interest) limited in this way 0
- noun tail the rear end of an animal's body, esp. when forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk 0
- noun tail such an appendage 0
- noun tail anything like an animal's tail in form or position 0
- noun tail a luminous train behind a comet or meteor 0
- noun tail the hind, bottom, last, or inferior part of anything 0
- noun tail the reverse side of a coin 0
- noun tail a train of followers or attendants; retinue 0
- noun tail the lower end of a pool or stream 0
- noun tail the rear or back section of an aircraft 0
- noun tail a set of stabilizing planes at the rear of an airplane 0