n. 25B6; noun
the dog's tail : brush, scut, dock; tailpiece, tail feathers; hindquarters.
the tail of the queue : REAR, end, back, extremity; bottom; Brit. informal fag end.
the tail of the hunting season : CLOSE, end, conclusion, tail end.
(informal) put a tail on that man : DETECTIVE, investigator, shadow; informal sleuth, private eye, tec; N. Amer. informal gumshoe.
caudal, cercal.
head, front, start.
25B6; verb (informal) the paparazzi tailed them : FOLLOW, shadow, stalk, trail, track, hunt, hound, dog, pursue, chase.
25A0; on someone's tail CLOSE BEHIND, following closely, (hard) on someone's heels.
25A0; tail off/away FADE, wane, ebb, dwindle, decrease, lessen, diminish, decline, subside, abate, drop off, peter out, taper off; let up, ease off, die away, die down, come to an end.
25A0; turn tail RUN AWAY, flee, bolt, make off, take to one's heels, cut and run, beat a (hasty) retreat; informal scram, scarper, skedaddle, vamoose.