Defenition of the word tail

• Defenition of the word tail

  • The appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
  • The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on.
  • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  • go after with the intent to catch
  • remove or shorten the tail of an animal
  • the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
  • the rear part of a ship
  • (aeronautical) pertaining to the tail section of a plane
  • the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
  • the reverse side that does not bear the representation of a person's head
  • remove the stalk of fruits or berries
  • a detective employed to follow someone and report their movements
  • the rear part of an aircraft
  • any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
  • (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person''s head
  • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
  • a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
  • go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
  • (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
  • the time of the last part of something

Synonyms for the word tail

• • after part
  • arse
  • ass
  • backside
  • behind
  • bob
  • bottom
  • bum
  • buns
  • butt
  • buttocks
  • can
  • chase
  • chase after
  • derriere
  • dock
  • dog
  • empennage
  • fag end
  • fanny
  • fundament
  • go after
  • hind end
  • hindquarters
  • keister
  • poop
  • posterior
  • prat
  • quarter
  • rear
  • rear end
  • rump
  • seat
  • shadow
  • stern
  • tag
  • tail assembly
  • tail end
  • tooshie
  • track
  • trail
  • tush

Similar words in the tail

• • aft
  • chase away
  • dispel
  • drive away
  • drive off
  • drive out
  • run off
  • tag along
  • turn back

Meronymys for the word tail

• • body
  • coin
  • craniate
  • dock
  • escutcheon
  • fuselage
  • horizontal tail
  • ship
  • skeg
  • stabilizer
  • torso
  • trunk
  • vertebrate
  • vertical tail

Hyponyms for the word tail

• • bob
  • bobtail
  • brush
  • caudal appendage
  • dock
  • flag
  • fluke
  • hound
  • hunt
  • oxtail
  • quest
  • rattle
  • run down
  • scut
  • trace
  • tree
  • uropygium

Hypernyms for the word tail

• • appendage
  • back
  • body part
  • cut
  • detective
  • end
  • ending
  • follow
  • follower
  • outgrowth
  • pinch
  • process
  • projection
  • pursue
  • rear
  • reverse
  • spy
  • top
  • verso

Antonyms for the word tail

• • head

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