noun Download 🔗Share The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. Examples : "Most primates have a tail and fangs." animal body part anatomy biology organism essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails. Examples : "The whip had leather tails that were stiff and painful. " animal part weapon essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything. Examples : "The tail end of the school year was filled with lots of projects. " part animal body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird. Examples : "The robin's bright red tail was a beautiful sight as it perched on the fence post. " bird anatomy part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin. Examples : "The airplane's tail was damaged during the storm. " vehicle part technical machine structure essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage. Examples : "The plane's tail was damaged during the storm. " technical vehicle machine part structure essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind. Examples : "The comet's tail stretched across the night sky, a brilliant display of dust and gas. " astronomy space phenomena essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part. Examples : "The tail end of the school year was filled with many projects and tests. " time event group part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail. Examples : "The results of the math quiz showed a long tail, meaning many students scored lower than the average. " statistics math essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One who surreptitiously follows another. Examples : "The student was a tail of the popular girl, following her everywhere after school. " person action police essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers. Examples : "The tail of the cricket team struggled to score runs, but their specialist bowlers performed well. " sport essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y. Examples : "The letter "g" has a distinctive tail. " language writing linguistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse. Examples : "My dad flipped the coin, and the tails side landed face up. " value business finance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on. Examples : "The tail of the student attendance list started with the names of students who were absent last week. " math list number statistics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The buttocks or backside. Examples : "My dog wagged its tail happily when I brought home a treat. " body anatomy essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The penis of a person or animal. Examples : "The veterinarian examined the dog's tail to check for injuries. " animal anatomy organ sex body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Sexual intercourse. Examples : "The rumors about the couple were that they had a secret tail. " sex body human essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak. Examples : "My brother paddled hard, aiming for the finish line and keeping his eyes on the tail of the kayak. " sport nautical vehicle sailing technical part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A train or company of attendants; a retinue. Examples : "The mayor's important tail of assistants helped carry her heavy documents. " group person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The distal tendon of a muscle. Examples : "The doctor examined the patient's Achilles tendon, which is the tail of the calf muscle. " anatomy medicine organ body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies. Examples : "The butterfly's tail helped it to quickly identify its mate. " animal insect biology anatomy part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style. Examples : "The dandelion seed had a fluffy tail, which helped it float on the breeze. " biology plant part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing. Examples : "The surgeon made a small tail on the patient's wound, which was more painful than the deeper cuts around it. " medicine anatomy body part sensation suffering essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times. Examples : "The first-aid kit contained several tails of the adhesive bandage, perfect for covering small cuts. " medicine part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything. Examples : "The worker used the tail to lash the heavy block to the sturdy beam. " nautical sailing technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem. Examples : "The music teacher asked the students to carefully draw the tail of the "g" note. " music part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tailing. Examples : "The factory's tailing pond is a large body of water that collects wastewater from the metal-processing plant. " action police essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile. Examples : "The roofer carefully placed the new slate's tail onto the roof's edge. " architecture part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tailcoat. Examples : "My grandfather wore a fine tail to the wedding. " wear style appearance essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To follow and observe surreptitiously. Examples : "Tail that car!" police action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into Examples : "The carpenter tailed the long wooden beam against the wall to support the roof. " architecture technical building essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor. Examples : "This vessel tails downstream." nautical sailing ocean vehicle essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded. Examples : "The dog's leash tailed behind him as he walked down the street. " action police essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pull or draw by the tail. Examples : "The dog's playful owner tried to tail the frisbee across the park. " animal action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs. Examples : "in tail — subject to such a limitation" property law family essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed. Examples : "estate tail" amount quality essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading