tail

What is the Definition of tail?

Noun:

  1. the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
  2. the time of the last part of something
  3. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
  4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  5. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
  6. (usually plural)
  7. the rear part of an aircraft
  8. the rear part of a ship

Verb:

  1. go after with the intent to catch
  2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
  3. remove the stalk of fruits or berries

How can I use tail in a sentence?

Harry and Ron went back to the common room, Harry had just said, At least Hermione's on Snape's tail, when the portrait of the Fat Lady swung open and Hermione came in.

Sleek and shiny, with a mahogany handle, it had a long tail of neat, straight twigs and Nimbus Two Thousand written in gold near the top.

They found Fang, the boarhound, sitting outside with a bandaged tail when they went to tell Hagrid, who opened a window to talk to them.

To the waist, a man, with red hair and beard, but below that was a horse's gleaming chestnut body with a long, reddish tail.

What has been going on? she said, looking at the sweets all over the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers by his tail.


Other meanings of tail (synonyms, cognates).


ENRU
tail
  • выслеживать, плестись, хвост
tail off
  • отст(ав) ать
tailcoat
  • фрак
tailgate
  • задняя
  • дверца
tailless
  • бесхвостый
taillight
  • задний
  • огонь
tailor
  • приспосабливать
  • портной
tailored
  • приспосабливать
  • приспособленный
tailoring
  • приспосабливать
  • подгонка
tailpipe
  • выхлопная
  • труба
tailspin
  • штопор


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