tail

/teɪl/ · noun

Meaning

The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
The feathers attached to the pygostyle of a bird.
The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
To follow and observe surreptitiously.
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
To pull or draw by the tail.
Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.

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