A rabbit has long ears and a short tail.
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Tail
/teɪl/
Synonyms for "tail" (370 found)
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Noun(21 words)
chasescottontailderrieredogfishesdoggingdoggoningdogsdust tailempennageextremesfag endfannyfishtailfishtailsflagellumsfollowfollow examplefollowing studyfundamenthind end
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cheekcheekschignoncodacodicilcoilcolophoncome aftercome behindcommentaryconclusivecontentscontents pagecopyright pagecourtiercroupcuedanglerdedicationdefinitive
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dependentdeterminativediscipledockdogdraperyduffencliticendleafendmostendpaperendsheetenvoiepilogueerrataeventualextremeextremityeyefag endfanfannyfantailfarthestfarthest boundfinalflagflapflunkyflyleaffoliofollowfollow a cluefollow upfollowerfollowingfore edgeforewordfront mattergo aftergo behindhalf-title pagehandhanger onhanger-onheadheelhenchmanhindhind endhind parthinderhindermosthindhandhindheadhindmosthomme de courhoundhunt downimpimprintindexinfix
Related words (185)
inscriptioninterlineationinterpolationintroductionjointjumping off placejumping-off placekeisterknotlastleafleglimblimitlimitinglinklobelobulemakeupmarginalia
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membermove behindnibnosenose outnoteocciputoffshootorganpageparasitepartisanpartspendantpigtailpinionplaitpointpolarpoleposteriorposternpostscriptpratprefaceprefixpreliminariesprocliticpublicpursuepursuerpursuivantqueuerabbitramificationrattailrearrear endrearmostrearwardrectoretrogradereversereversoriderrumprun downrun to earthrunnerrunning titlerusty-dustysatellitescholiascionsectaryshadowsignaturesmellsmell outsniff outspraysprigspurstalksternstoogestring alongstubstumpsubtitlesuccessorsuffixsupporterswitchtabtable of contentstagtag aftertag alongtag endtagtailtail endtailedtailgatetailliketailpiecetendrilterminalterminatingterminativetextthuletiptitletitle pagetoadytopknottracetrace downtracktrack downtrailtrail aftertrailertraintrainbearertread close upontrim sizetruckletuchistushtushytwigtwisttype pageultima thuleultimateversovotarywakeward heelerwing
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12 entriesCollocations
12 entriescomet tailcovert tailingdust tailleft tailovert tailingpursuitshadowingsurveillancetail endtail feathertail sectiontracking
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- следвам verb (to tail)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 尾隨 /尾随 verb (to tail)
Czech
1 entries- sledovat verb (to tail)
Dutch
2 entries- beschatten verb (to tail)
- schaduwen verb (to tail)
Esperanto
1 entries- gvatsekvi verb (to tail)
Finnish
1 entries- varjostaa verb (to tail)
German
1 entries- beschatten verb (to tail)
Hebrew
1 entries- זינב verb (to tail)
Hungarian
1 entries- követ verb (to tail)
Italian
1 entries- pedinare verb (to tail)
Japanese
1 entries- 尾行する verb (to tail)
Macedonian
1 entries- сле́ди verb (to tail)
Norwegian
2 entries- forfølge verb (to tail)
- skygge verb (to tail)
Portuguese
1 entries- seguir verb (to tail)
Slovak
1 entries- sledovať verb (to tail)
Vietnamese
1 entries- theo đuôi verb (to tail)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
A fish swims by moving its tail.
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Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
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Despite the fact that Mary keeps saying I was the only man she'd like to marry, when I proposed to her, she said "NO". I cannot make head or tail of it.
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