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Tail (Verb)

Meaning 1

Remove the stalk of fruits or berries.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The farmer carefully tails the strawberries before packaging them for sale.
  • Tail the cherries before adding them to the fruit salad.
  • The experienced worker is able to tail a dozen gooseberries in just a few seconds.
  • After washing the grapes, proceed to tail and dry them.
  • The grapes need to be tailed before being used to make wine.

Hypernyms

  • Pinch

Meaning 2

Remove or shorten the tail of an animal.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Dock
  • Bob

Hypernyms

  • Cut

Related Words

  • Tail (noun)

Meaning 3

Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Give Chase
  • Tag
  • Chase
  • Chase After
  • Trail
  • Dog
  • Go After
  • Track

Hypernyms

  • Pursue
  • Follow

Hyponyms

  • Hunt
  • Tree
  • Run Down
  • Trace
  • Quest
  • Hound

Related Words

  • Tail (noun)
  • Tailing (noun)
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