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Sounds | tey'l |
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Rhymes | ail, Airedale, airmail, and 89 more rhymes in eyl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body. |
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Part of | vertebrate, craniate |
Parts | dock |
Narrower | rattle; bobtail, bob, dock; caudal appendage; uropygium; oxtail; fluke; scut; flag |
Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage |
Adjectives | caudal |
Verbs | tail |
Meaning | The time of the last part of something. |
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Examples | "the tail of the storm" |
Synonyms | fag end, tail end |
Broader | end, ending |
Meaning | Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal. |
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Synonyms | tail end |
Broader | projection |
Meaning | The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. |
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Synonyms | buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass |
Part of | torso, trunk, body |
Broader | body part |
Meaning | A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements. |
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Synonyms | shadow, shadower |
Broader | follower; spy |
Verbs | tail |
Meaning | (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head. |
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Part of | coin |
Broader | reverse, verso |
Contrary | head |
Usage | plural, plural form |
Meaning | The rear part of an aircraft. |
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Synonyms | tail assembly, empennage |
Part of | fuselage |
Parts | horizontal tail; stabilizer; vertical tail |
Broader | rear, back |
Meaning | The rear part of a ship. |
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Synonyms | stern, after part, quarter, poop |
Part of | ship |
Parts | escutcheon; skeg |
Broader | rear, back |
Meaning | Go after with the intent to catch. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Model | Sam cannot tail Sue |
Synonyms | chase, chase after, trail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track |
Narrower | quest; hound, hunt, trace; run down |
Broader | pursue, follow |
Nouns | tailing; tail |
Meaning | Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | dock, bob |
Broader | cut |
Nouns | tail |
Meaning | Remove the stalk of fruits or berries. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | top, pinch |