Tail

  • 31tail — noun 1 of an animal, a bird, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ bushy, curly, forked, pointed ▪ muscular, prehensile …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 32tail — tail1 [ teıl ] noun ** ▸ 1 back part ▸ 2 someone following someone ▸ 3 side of coin ▸ 4 bottom of shirt ▸ 5 man s formal jacket ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a part at the back of an animal s body that can move: The animal sprays liquid from a gland… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33tail — 1 /teIl/ noun 1 ANIMAL (C) the movable part at the back of an animal s body: The dog wagged its tail. | a fish s tail 2 AIRCRAFT (C) the back part of an aircraft 3 SHIRT (C) the bottom part of your shirt at the back, that you put inside your… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34tail — {{11}}tail (n.1) hindmost part of an animal, O.E. tægl, tægel, from P.Gmc. *tagla (Cf. O.H.G. zagal, Ger. Zagel tail, dialectal Ger. Zagel penis, O.N. tagl horse s tail ), from PIE *doklos, from root *dek something lon …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 35tail — n. rear appendage to an animal s body 1) to wag a tail 2) to dock ( shorten ) a tail 3) a bushy tail 4) (misc.) to turn tail ( to flee ) person who conducts surveillance (colloq.) 5) to put a tail on smb. * * * [teɪl] [ person who conducts… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 36tail — 1. noun 1) the dog s tail Syn: brush, scut, dock; tail feathers; hindquarters Ant: head, front 2) the tail of the plane Syn: rear, end …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 37tail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. appendage, end; cauda; tip, extremity; rear, rudder, queue, pigtail, train; slang, shadow. See pendency, pursuit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The prolongation of the spinal column] Syn. rear end, rear… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 38Tail — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Tail, queue en anglais, peut faire référence à : Fairy Tail Tail Concerto, un jeu vidéo, Spotted Tail, Tiger by the Tail, un film américain réalisé… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 39tail — tail1 noun 1》 the hindmost part of an animal, especially when extended beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate or the feathers at the hind end of a bird. 2》 something extending downwards,… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40tail —    1. a woman or women viewed sexually by a male     It s tail, Lew. Women. (Bradbury, 1976)    An individual female may be described as a bit (see bit1) or piece (see piece1) of tail:     She was a piece of Scandinavian tail that he d picked up …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms