1. tail - Noun
2. tail - Adjective
3. tail - Verb
4. Tail - Proper noun
Limitation; abridgment.
Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed; as, estate tail.
The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal.
Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part.
The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.
The distal tendon of a muscle.
A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also tailing.
One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
Same as Tailing, 4.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
See Tailing, n., 5.
To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; -- with in or into.
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. Larry Bird
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this And radio operates exactly the same way you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. Albert Einstein
Where the devil cannot put his head he puts his tail. Italian Proverb
Better to be an ant's head than a lion's tail. Armenian Proverb
People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant's tail. Indonesian Proverb