tail
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(verb) remove the stalk of fruits or berries |
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Related Words: pinch, top |
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(satellite adjective) (aeronautical) pertaining to the tail section of a plane |
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(noun) the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
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Related Words: appendage, bob, bobtail, caudal appendage, dock, flag, fluke, outgrowth, oxtail, process, scut, uropygium |
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(noun) the rear part of an aircraft |
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Synonyms: empennage, tail assembly |
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Related Words: back, rear |
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(noun) the reverse side that does not bear the representation of a person's head |
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Related Words: reverse, verso |
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(noun) a detective employed to follow someone and report their movements |
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Synonyms: shadow |
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Related Words: detective, follower |
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(noun) any projection that resembles the tail of an animal |
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Synonyms: tail end |
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Related Words: projection |
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(verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal |
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Synonyms: bob, dock |
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Related Words: cut |
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(noun) the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" |
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Synonyms: fag end, tail end |
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Related Words: end, ending |
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(verb) go after with the intent to catch |
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Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, go after, tag, track, trail |
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Related Words: follow, hound, hunt, pursue, quest, run down, trace |
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(noun) the rear part of a ship |
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Synonyms: after part, poop, quarter, stern |
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Related Words: back, rear |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
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Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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Related Words: body part |
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