ALL meanings of tailer
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T t - noun tailer the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs. 1
- adjective tailer limited to a specified line of heirs; entailed. 1
- verb with object tailer Informal. to follow in order to hinder escape of or to observe: to tail a suspect. 1
- verb with object tailer to form or furnish with a tail. 1
- verb with object tailer to form or constitute the tail or end of (a procession, retinue, etc.). 1
- verb with object tailer to terminate; come after or behind; follow like a tail. 1
- verb with object tailer to join or attach (one thing) at the tail or end of another. 1
- verb with object tailer Building Trades. to fasten (a beam, stone, etc.) by one end (usually followed by in or into). 1
- verb with object tailer to dock the tail of (a horse, dog, etc.). 1
- verb without object tailer to follow close behind: She always tails after her sister. 1
- verb without object tailer to disappear gradually or merge into: The path tails off into the woods. 1
- verb without object tailer to form, or move or pass in, a line or column suggestive of a tail: The hikers tailed up the narrow path. 1
- verb without object tailer (of a boat) to have or take a position with the stern in a particular direction. 1
- verb without object tailer Building Trades. (of a beam, stone, etc.) to be fastened by one end (usually followed by in or into). 1
- idioms tailer turn tail, to turn one's back on, as in aversion or fright. to run away from difficulty, opposition, etc.; flee: The sight of superior forces made the attackers turn tail. 1
- idioms tailer with one's tail between one's legs, utterly humiliated; defeated; cowed: They were forced to retreat with their tails between their legs. 1
- noun tailer a fish that shows its tail at the surface 0
- noun tailer a pole with a loop at one end for landing large fish 0