1. the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the back end of its body.
2. something resembling or suggesting this in shape or position: the tail of a kite.
3. the luminous stream extending from the head of a comet.
4. the reverse of a coin (opposed to head).
5. the after portion of an airplane or the like.
6. tails,
• tailcoat.
• the tapering skirts or ends at the back of a coat, especially a tailcoat.
• men's full-dress attire.
• alcohol obtained in the final distillation.
7. the buttocks or rump.
8. a person who trails or keeps a close surveillance of another, as a detective or spy: The police decided to put a tail on the suspect.
9. the area directly behind a person in motion; the wake or trail of a person: They put a detective on his tail.The car behind me was riding my tail far too closely.
10. Slang: Vulgar.
• sexual intercourse.
• a woman considered as a sex object.
11. the hinder, bottom, or end part of anything; the rear.
12. a final or concluding part of a sentence, conversation, social gathering, etc.; conclusion; end: The tail of the speech was boring.Toward the tail of the concert I'd begun to get tired.
13. the inferior or unwanted part of anything.
14. a long braid or tress of hair.
15. an arrangement of objects or persons extending as or as if a tail.
16. a line of persons awaiting their turns at something; queue.
17. a retinue; train.
18. the lower part of a pool or stream.
19. the exposed portion of a piece of roofing, as a slate.
20. the bottom of a page or book.
21. the lower portion of a type, as of g, y, or Q.

22. coming from behind: a tail breeze.
23. being in the back or rear: the tail section of a plane.

24. to follow in order to hinder escape of or to observe: to tail a suspect.
25. to form or furnish with a tail.
26. to form or constitute the tail or end of (a procession, retinue, etc.).
27. to terminate; come after or behind; follow like a tail.
28. to join or attach (one thing) at the tail or end of another.
29. to fasten (a beam, stone, etc.) by one end (usually followed by in or into).
30. to dock the tail of (a horse, dog, etc.).

31. to follow close behind: She always tails after her sister.
32. to disappear gradually or merge into: The path tails off into the woods.
33. to form, or move or pass in, a line or column suggestive of a tail: The hikers tailed up the narrow path.
34. (of a boat) to have or take a position with the stern in a particular direction.
35. (of a beam, stone, etc.) to be fastened by one end (usually followed by in or into).

36. turn tail,
• to turn one's back on, as in aversion or fright.
• to run away from difficulty, opposition, etc.; flee: The sight of superior forces made the attackers turn tail.
37. utterly humiliated; in defeat; dejectedly: They were forced to retreat with their tails between their legs.

1. the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.

2. limited to a specified line of heirs; entailed.

1. the region of the vertebrate body that is posterior to or above the anus and contains an elongation of the vertebral column, esp forming a flexible movable appendage
2. anything resembling such an appendage in form or position; the bottom, lowest, or rear part
3. the last part or parts
4. the rear part of an aircraft including the fin, tailplane, and control surfaces; empennage
5. the luminous stream of gas and dust particles, up to 200 million kilometres long, driven from the head of a comet, when close to the sun, under the effect of the solar wind and light pressure
6. the rear portion of a bomb, rocket, missile, etc, usually fitted with guiding or stabilizing vanes
7. a line of people or things
8. a long braid or tress of hair
9. the lowest fly on a wet-fly cast
10. a final short line in a stanza
11. a person employed to follow and spy upon another or others
12. an informal word for buttocks
13. taboo, slang
• the female genitals
• a woman considered sexually (esp in the phrases piece of tail, bit of tail)
14. printing
• the margin at the foot of a page
• the bottom edge of a book
15. the lower end of a pool or part of a stream
16. the course or track of a fleeing person or animal
17. coming from or situated in the rear
18. to run away; escape
19. in a state of utter defeat or confusion

20. to form or cause to form the tail
21. to remove the tail of (an animal); dock
22. to remove the stalk of
23. to connect (objects, ideas, etc) together by or as if by the tail
24. to follow stealthily
25. to tend (cattle) on foot
26. (of a vessel) to assume a specified position, as when at a mooring
27. to build the end of (a brick, joist, etc) into a wall or (of a brick, etc) to have one end built into a wall

1. the limitation of an estate or interest to a person and the heirs of his body

2. (of an estate or interest) limited in this way

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