tail
noun
/teɪl/
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- (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
- (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
- One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
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staart
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- An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
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staart,
achtereinde,
achterste,
achterwerk,
zitvlak
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- The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
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staart,
staartstuk
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- (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
- A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
- A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- (surgery) 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.
- (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
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achtereinde,
achterste,
achterwerk,
zitvlak
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- One who surreptitiously follows another.
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achtervolger
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- (chiefly, in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
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munt
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tails
noun
/teɪlz/
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- The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
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munt
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tailings
noun
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- (mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
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afval
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tail
verb
/teɪl/
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- To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
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beschatten,
schaduwen
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tailed
adjective
/teɪld/
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- (often, in combination) Having a tail.
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lul
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