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.
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Meaning 2
Remove or shorten the tail of an animal.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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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.