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Tail Definition

noun

A braid of hair; a pigtail.
A formal evening costume typically worn by men.
A tailcoat.
A train of followers; a retinue.
An appendage to the rear or bottom of a thing: the tail of a kite.

verb-intransitive

Architecture To be inserted at one end into a wall, as a floor timber or beam.
Informal To follow: tailed after the leader.
Nautical To go aground with the stern foremost.
Nautical To lie or swing with the stern in a named direction, as when riding at anchor or on a mooring.
Sports To veer from a straight course in the direction of the dominant hand of the player propelling the ball: a pitch that tails away from the batter.

verb-transitive

Architecture To set one end of (a beam, board, or brick) into a wall.
Informal To follow and keep under surveillance.
To connect (often dissimilar or incongruous objects) by or as if by the tail or end: tail two ideas together.
To deprive of a tail; dock.
To provide with a tail: tail a kite.

adjective

Law Being in tail: a tail estate.
Of or relating to a tail or tails: tail feathers.
Situated in the tail, as of an airplane: a tail gunner.
Limited as to tenure .

phrasal-verb

Off To diminish gradually; dwindle or subside: The fireworks tailed off into darkness.
Tail down To ease a heavy load down a steep slope.

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