the region of the vertebrate body that is posterior to or above the anus and contains an elongation of the vertebral column, esp forming a flexible movable appendage

anything resembling such an appendage in form or position; the bottom, lowest, or rear part

the last part or parts

the rear part of an aircraft including the fin, tailplane, and control surfaces; empennage

the luminous stream of gas and dust particles, up to 200 million km long, driven from the head of a comet, when close to the sun, under the effect of the solar wind and light pressure

the rear portion of a bomb, rocket, missile, etc, usually fitted with guiding or stabilizing vanes

a line of people or things

a long braid or tress of hair

the lowest fly on a wet-fly cast

a final short line in a stanza

a person employed to follow and spy upon another or others

an informal word for buttocks

the lower end of a pool or part of a stream

the course or track of a fleeing person or animal

coming from or situated in the rear

to form or cause to form the tail

to remove the tail of (an animal); dock

to remove the stalk of

to connect (objects, ideas, etc) together by or as if by the tail

to follow stealthily

to tend (cattle) on foot

(of a vessel) to assume a specified position, as when at a mooring

to build the end of (a brick, joist, etc) into a wall or (of a brick, etc) to have one end built into a wall

the limitation of an estate or interest to a person and the heirs of his or her body

(of an estate or interest) limited in this way