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A formal evening costume typically worn by men.
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A tailcoat.
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A train of followers; a retinue.
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An appendage to the rear or bottom of a thing: the tail of a kite.
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verb
To connect end to end.
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To remove the tail of (an animal) .
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To remove the stem or bottom part of .
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To make or furnish with a tail.
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To follow or be drawn behind like a tail.
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verb-intransitive
Architecture To be inserted at one end into a wall, as a floor timber or beam.
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Informal To follow: tailed after the leader.
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Nautical To go aground with the stern foremost.
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Nautical To lie or swing with the stern in a named direction, as when riding at anchor or on a mooring.
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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.
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verb-transitive
Architecture To set one end of (a beam, board, or brick) into a wall.
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Informal To follow and keep under surveillance.
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To connect (often dissimilar or incongruous objects) by or as if by the tail or end: tail two ideas together.
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To deprive of a tail; dock.
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To provide with a tail: tail a kite.
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adjective
Law Being in tail: a tail estate.
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Of or relating to a tail or tails: tail feathers.
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Situated in the tail, as of an airplane: a tail gunner.
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Limited as to tenure .
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