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Meaning of tailing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tailing

verb

Definitions

  1. To follow and observe surreptitiously.

    Example: Tail that car!

  2. To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

  3. To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.

    Example: This vessel tails downstream.

  4. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of following someone.

  2. The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.

  3. Sexual intercourse

  4. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.