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tail the rear end or a process or prolongation of the rear end of the body of an animal The first known use: before the 12th century |
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4 Letters, 1 Syllable |
tail |
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3 Phonemes |
t A l |
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onset, rime |
t ail |
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Morpheme |
tail |
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Sentence Examples The police had been tailing the suspect for several miles. She is constantly tailed by the press. The pitch tailed away from the batter. |
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Common Phrases tail To follow someone or something, especially in order to keep them or it under surveillance. tails The bottom side of a coin, especially when tossed into the air to determine an outcome. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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