tail
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Is tail a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of tail?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.Examples: "Most primates have a tail and fangs."
2. (astronomy) The visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
3. (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
4. (cricket) The lower order of batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
5. (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.Synonyms: descender
6. (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.in-plural
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.Examples: "Tail that car!"transitive
2. (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
3. (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.Examples: "This vessel tails downstream."
adj (English)
1. (law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.Examples: "estate tail"
noun (English)
1. (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.Examples: "tail male"; "in tail"
name (English)
1. (Chinese astronomy) A Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon.Examples: "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tail."Chinese
Definition source: Wiktionary