tail
- noun
- /teɪl/
- Four clawed paws and a tail are now backlit by the setting sun.
- tail of a cat
- tail of a dog
- wagging tail
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Watch on YouTubeHe didn't even wag his tail or breathe.
- He didn't even wag his tail or breathe.
- But there was no cometary tail around Wamua.
- Second of all, shrimp tails do not belong on shrimp.
- Didn't have wings, didn't have rudder, a tail, anything, no rivets, nothing.
- I've got I've got a little platypus tail and I'm in love.
- the cause was the tail wing fell off
- We need to focus on the tail of the lion.
- The Incarnate mind, the tongue and the tail, are in our world coeval.
Examples
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Look at her little sooty tail and her little sooty paws.
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The comet's long tail illuminated the night sky as it passed by.
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Jack, look at his little tail, look at them all.
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This is the right tail and this is the left tail, OK.
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Oh, I see a big tail, big stretch.
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The poor thing ran off with its tail between its legs.
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I think I see his tail!
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I'll go on this side and hold the tail.
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Who had hold of the mule's tail, tell me that?
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I never knew piglets had long, furry tails.
Synonyms
A part that sticks out at the back of something like an animal's rear
The area at the back of a ship
The tail part of a plane with small flat parts that help keep it steady
The back part of a ship
The rear part of a plane that helps it stay steady and turn
Idioms
Compounds
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A small spinning blade at the tail of a helicopter that keeps it from spinning
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A market where many rare items, each sold in small numbers, together make a large part of sales
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A vertical surface at the plane's tail that helps keep it steady in flight
- Formal
A formal evening jacket for men with a short front and long tails at the back
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A thin metal tool with a round taper used to smooth small round holes and curves
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A tail design for an aircraft with four moving parts in an X shape that help control its direction
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A flat surface at the tail of a plane that keeps the nose level and controls up-and-down movement
A tropical American plant with long, hanging stems and bright red flowers
- UK
A tall marsh plant with a brown sausage-shaped seed head and long flat leaves used for making mats and seats
A small brown and white moth whose caterpillars eat the leaves of fruit and shade trees
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A large animal with sharp spines and a brush of stiff hairs at the end of its tail
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A group of herbs that have a strong smell and live for many years
- UK
A small brown tree shrew from Malaysia with a bare tail fringed by stiff hairs at the tip
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Etymology
The word tail comes from an old English word tægl meaning 'a part that hangs or sticks out', like a tuft at the back of an animal. So a tail is the rear part of an animal or the part that sticks out at the end of a ship, plane, or comet.