Main Entry:

²tail

Function:

verb

Date:

1523

transitive verb

1: to connect end to end2 a: to remove the tail of (an animal) : dock b: to remove the stem or bottom part of <topping and tailing gooseberries>3 a: to make or furnish with a tail b: to follow or be drawn behind like a tail4: to follow for purposes of surveillanceintransitive verb1: to form or move in a straggling line2: to grow progressively smaller, fainter, or more scattered : abate —usually used with off<productivity is tailing off — Tom Nicholson>3: to swing or lie with the stern in a named direction —used of a ship at anchor4: ²tag

— tail·er noun