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Meaning of tailed

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tailed

Pronunciation:/teɪld/

verb

Definitions

  1. To follow and observe surreptitiously.

    Example: Tail that car!

  2. To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

  3. To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.

    Example: This vessel tails downstream.

  4. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (often in combination) Having a tail.

    Example: There are several tailed species of mammals.

  2. Of certain butterflies, having one or more filamentous projections on the tornal section of each hind wing.