n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1523
1 : to connect end to end
2 a : to remove the tail of (an animal) : DOCK b : to remove the stem or bottom part of <topping and tail ing gooseberries>
3 a : to make or furnish with a tail b : to follow or be drawn behind like a tail
4 : to follow for purposes of surveillance
intransitive verb
1 : to form or move in a straggling line
2 : to grow progressively smaller, fainter, or more scattered : ABATE ― usually used with off <productivity is tail ing off ― Tom Nicholson>
3 : to swing or lie with the stern in a named direction ― used of a ship at anchor
4 : 2 TAG
– tail · er noun