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Another word for tail

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Noun

  1. The hindmost part of something

    See also:

    precede

  2. Something that follows or is drawn along behind

      1. To cease to sleep; become awake:
      2. To stay awake:
      3. To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness:
      1. A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
      2. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
      3. The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
      1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground:
      2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
      3. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
    See also:

    precede

  3. An agent assigned to observe and report on another

      1. One that watches or observes:
      2. One who keeps vigil, as at a sick person's bedside.
      1. A dark area or shape made by an object blocking rays of light.
      2. The darkness or diminished light caused by the blocking of a light source:
      3. A darker area in a picture or photograph.
    See also:

    investigate

Verb

  1. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind

      1. A dog used to hunt game birds; a gun dog.
      2. One that bird-dogs.
      3. A scout, especially in baseball.
      1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground:
      2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
      3. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
      1. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.
      2. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks:
      3. A path along which something moves; a course:
      1. A dark area or shape made by an object blocking rays of light.
      2. The darkness or diminished light caused by the blocking of a light source:
      3. A darker area in a picture or photograph.
      1. To come or go after; proceed behind:
      2. To go after in pursuit:
      3. To keep under surveillance:
      1. A domesticated carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris syn. Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) occurring as a wide variety of breeds, many of which are traditionally used for hunting, herding, drawing sleds, and other tasks, and are kept as pets.
      2. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, such as the dingo.
      3. A male animal of the family Canidae, especially of a fox or a domesticated breed.
    See also:

    precede

Idioms:

    off

  1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less

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Another word for tail

Noun

  1. The prolongation of the spinal column

    See also:

    rear

  2. The end of anything, especially if elongated

    See also:

    end

    Antonyms:

  3. The rear of an aircraft].

Idioms:

    on one's tail

    2. turn-tail

    3. with one's tail between one's legs

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Sentence Examples

  • Tail long, clothed with long hairs.

  • Fighting down a wave of nausea, she kneeled at the tail of the goat.

  • I caught one today, but he got away when his tail broke off.

  • He would've turned tail and run.

  • In Pierre, however, that comet with its long luminous tail aroused no feeling of fear.

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