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Tailing

verb
Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo follow and observe surreptitiously.
"Tail that car!"
2.verbTo hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
3.verbTo swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
"This vessel tails downstream."
4.verbTo follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
5.verbTo pull or draw by the tail.
6.nounThe act of following someone.
7.nounThe part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
8.nounSexual intercourse
9.nounThe lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
10.nounA prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

Synonyms

followingshadowingfollowtrackingdoveresiduesdanglingstalkbacktracktraversalswitchingpiggyback

Rhymes With

prevailingwailingunveilingtrailingunavailingflailingrailingsailing
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