TAIL

Meaning of TAIL in English

I. noun

Synonyms: buttocks , *arse, *ass, backside, ||butt, hind end, posterior, rear, rear end, tail end

II. verb

to follow (someone) for purposes of surveillance

detectives tailing the suspects

Synonyms: bedog, dog, shadow, tag, trail; compare eye 2, follow 2

Related Word: hound, pursue

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary. Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус. 2003

TAIL — I. ˈtāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAIL — tail 1 — tailer , n. — tailless , adj. — taillessly , adv. — taillessness , n. — taillike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — I. ˈtāl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tægel; akin to Old High German zagal tail, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAIL — noun ·see tailing, ·noun, 5. 2. tail ·noun limitation; abridgment. 3. tail ·noun ·same·as tailing, 4. 4. tail ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
TAIL — [tail] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE taegel; akin to OHG zagal tail, MIr dual lock of hair] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAIL — in zoology, prolongation of the backbone beyond the trunk of the body, or any slender projection resembling such a structure. …
Britannica English vocabulary
TAIL — / teɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF BIRD / ANIMAL / FISH 1. [ C ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAIL — I. tail 1 S2 W3 /teɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tægel ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAIL — n. & v. 1 the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAIL — 1. n. & v. 1. the hindmost part of an animal, esp. when prolonged beyond the rest of the body. …
Oxford English vocab
TAIL — ( tails, tailing, tailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tail …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dog wags its tail (= moves its tail from side to side to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAIL — n. 25B6; noun the dog's tail : brush, scut, dock; tailpiece, tail feathers; hindquarters. the tail of the queue : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAIL — I 1. сущ. 1) а) хвост to swing, wag a tail ≈ махать хвостом to dock a tail ≈ обрубать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAIL — tail.ogg _I 1. teıl n 1. 1> хвост bushy tail - пушистый хвост tail fin - хвостовой плавник to spread …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAIL — I 1) хвост; хвостовая часть; конец 2) мн. ч. хвосты, отходы обогащения 3) сварка хвост полки 4) заделанный конец ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TAIL — I 1) хвост; хвостовая часть; конец 2) мн. ч. хвосты, отходы обогащения 3) сварка хвост полки 4) заделанный конец (элемента конструкции) || заделывать конец …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TAIL — 1) вывод лампы 2) задний 3) отбросы 4) отработанный 5) отходы 6) пологий 7) полоска 8) фракция 9) хвост 10) хвостный 11) хвостовой 12) хвосты 13) шпинтон • distribution tail area — стат. хвост …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TAIL — tail I 1. сущ.1) хвост to swing, wag a tail — махать хвостом to dock a tail — обрубать хвост, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TAIL — _I 1. teıl n 1. 1> хвост bushy tail - пушистый хвост tail fin - хвостовой плавник to spread one's …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TAIL — I 1. сущ. 1) хвост to swing, wag a tail — махать хвостом to dock a tail — обрубать хвост, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TAIL — I 1. сущ. 1) хвост to swing, wag a tail — махать хвостом to dock a tail — обрубать хвост, купировать хвост bushy tail — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TAIL — 1) хвост, хвостовой придаток, хвостовая часть; купировать хвост, обрезать хвост 2) отросток (фага) • - forked tail - high-set tail - main tails - phage tail - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TAIL — 1) хвост, хвостовой придаток, хвостовая часть; купировать хвост, обрезать хвост 2) отросток ( фага ) • - forked tail - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TAIL — _I 1. _n. 1> хвост; at the tail of smb., close on smb.'s tail - следом, по пятам за кем-л. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TAIL — I 1. n. 1. хвост; at the tail of smb., close on smb.'s tail - следом, по пятам за кем-л. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TAIL — 1. хвост, хвостовик; хвостовая часть || задний, хвостовой 2. концевая фракция нефтепродукта to tail into the derrick — затаскивать на буровую …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
TAIL — _I teɪl 1. _n. 1> хвост; at the tail of smb., close on smb.'s tail следом, по пятам за кем-л. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TAIL — tail n 1. infml He has a tail on me Он нанял сыщика, чтобы тот следил за мной 2. infml …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TAIL — I 1. сущ. 1) а) хвост to swing, wag a tail ≈ махать хвостом to dock a tail ≈ обрубать …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAIL — caude (-al, -at)
English interlingue dictionary
TAIL — ikog
English-Visayan vocabulary
TAIL — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tægel; akin to Old High German zagal ~, Middle …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAIL — I Extension of the vertebral column beyond the trunk, or any slender projection resembling such a structure. In fishes and …
Английский словарь Британика
TAIL — (n.) A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (n.) Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior …
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (n.) Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (n.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (a.) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (n.) Limitation; abridgment.
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (n.) In flying machines, a plane or group of planes used at the rear to confer stability.
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (n.) A tailed coat; a tail coat.
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — (n.) In some forms of rope-laying machine, pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through the grooven wooden …
Английский словарь Webster
TAIL — ( v. t. ) To pull or draw by the tail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( v. t. ) To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( v. i. ) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( v. i. ) To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) The distal tendon of a muscle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) See Tailing, n., 5.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) Same as Tailing, 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) Limitation; abridgment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( n. ) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAIL — ( a. ) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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