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Tail-end

the last portion or lowest part of something.
Examples: tail-ends of glaciers, 1874; tail end men of the Victorian Eleven, 1904.
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tail

(teil) noun
1. the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body. The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail. stert ذَيْل، ذَنَب опашка cauda ocas der Schwanz hale ουρά cola saba دم häntä queue זנב पूंछ rep far(o)k ekor rófa, skott, hali, tagl, stertur, stél, sporður coda 꼬리 uodega aste ekor staart hale, stjert, svans ogon cauda coadă хвост chvost rep rep svans, stjärt หาง (สัตว์) kuyruk 尾巴 хвіст دُم، پونچھ đuôi 尾巴
2. anything which has a similar function or position. the tail of an aeroplane/comet. stert, punt, agterkant ذَيْل الطائِرَه أو المُذَنَّب опашка cauda ohon, ocas der Schwanz hale ουρά cola pära, saba, ots هر چیز دم مانند pyrstö queue זנב पिछला हिस्सा rep, zadnji kraj far(o)k ekor stél; hali coda 後部 꼬리같은 것 uodega aste ekor staart hale; slep; flak ogon cauda coadă хвост chvost rep rep svans, stjärt ส่วนท้าย (เครื่องบิน, เรือ) kuyruk 尾狀物,尾部 хвіст دُم نما چيز phần đuôi 尾状物,尾部
verb
to follow closely. The detectives tailed the thief to the station. agtervolg يَتْبَع عَن قُرْب следя seguir stopovat, sledovat beschatten skygge παρακολουθώ από κοντά pisarle los talones a alguien, seguir a alguien, seguir de cerca jälitama تعقیب کردن jäljittää filer לַעֲקוֹב אַחֲרֵי पीछा करना slijediti koga, pratiti (tajno) nyomon követ membuntuti fylgja (e-m) fast eftir seguire 後をつける 뒤를 밝다 sekti []sekot mengekori rapat di blkg schaduwen følge, skygge śledzić seguir a urmări îndeaproape неотступно следовать stopovať, sledovať skrivaj slediti pratiti u stopu skugga ติดตาม takibe almak 跟蹤,尾隨 іти назирці پيچھے پيچھے چلنا theo sát ai 跟踪,尾随
-tailed
having a (certain size, type etc of) tail. a black-tailed duck; a long-tailed dog. stert ذو ذَيْل -опашат de cauda (preta, etc.) -ocasní schwänzig -halet με ουρά de cola... -sabaline ...دم -häntäinen à (la) queue (...) זָנָב- पूंछवाला, सपुच्छ, दुमदार, पुच्छी koji ima rep, s repom farkú berekor með rófu/hala/stél/sporð dalla coda (...) ―の尾をした -꼬리 -uodegis (salikteņos) -astains berekor -gestaart -halet, med ... hale o ... ogonie de cauda (preta, etc.) cu coa­dă хвостом s ... chvostom z (...) repom -rep -svansad, med ... svans (stjärt) มีหาง ...- kuyruklu (構成形容詞)有...尾(狀)的 такий, що має хвіст دُم دار có đuôi 有...尾(状)的
tails noun, adverb
(on) the side of a coin that does not have the head of the sovereign etc on it. He tossed the coin and it came down tails. stert جِهَة قِطَعَة النُّقود التي لا تَحْمِلُ رأس الحاكِم: نَقْشَه тура coroa na rubovou stranu die Münzenrückseite plat γράμματα (για νόμισμα) cruz mündi tagakülg, kiri! خط klaava pile הַצַד הַאַחוֹרִי שֶל מַטבֵּע चित-पट naličje, pismo (kovanog novca) írás ekor bakhlið á peningi croce コインの裏(が出て) (동전의) 뒷면 atvirkštinė (monetos) pusė (monētas) raksta puse ekor keerzijde mynt orzeł, orłem coroa pajură решка opak, rub mince cifra revers novčića baksida, krona ด้านก้อยที่หงายขึ้น (ด้านตรงข้ามของหัว) yazı 錢幣背面 решка سکہ کا وہ رخ جدھر بادشاہ کي تصوير نہ ہو mặt sấp 钱币背面
interjection
a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc. stert صَرْخَةٌ تَدُل أن الشَخْص إختار جِهَة الحاكِم من قِطْعَة النُّقود тура coroa orel Wappen plat γράμματα! (για νόμισμα) cruz kiri خط klaava pile עץ, הצד האחורי של מטבע सिक्के उछाल कर किसी चीज का फैसला करना pismo (kovanog nova) írás! ekor bakhlið, krónuna! croce "동전의 뒷면!" skaičius raksts ekor keerzijde mynt! orzeł coroa pajură! решка orol cifra pismo krona! การเรียกที่แสดงว่าบุคคลได้เลิอกด้านหนึ่งของเหรียญขณะที่โยนเหรียญเพื่อตัดสินใจ yazı 利用擲骰錢幣(正或反面)的方式來決定某事 решка ٹاس ميں ٹيلس کو چننا sự chọn mặt sấp (猜钱币决定某事时)要背面
ˌtail-ˈend noun
the very end or last part. the tail-end of the procession. einde طَرَف خَلْفي، نِهايَه заключителна част cauda úplný konec der Schluß bagerste ende ουρά, τελευταίο τμήμα cola, parte final; extremo sabaots بخش پایانی هر چیز hännänhuippu queue זנב पिछला सिरा rep, kraj (povorke) vminek a legvége ujung belakang bakhluti, aftasti hluti fine, coda 最後 제일 마지막 (pats) galas gals; noslēgums; nogale penghujung einde siste del, slutten koniec, końcówka cauda sfârşit, încheiere конец, хвост úplný koniec, zakončenie rep zanji deo slut, sluttamp ส่วนท้ายสุด en son kısmı, 末尾,末端 кінець; хвіст آخري حصہ đoạn kết 末尾,末端
ˈtail-light noun
the (usually red) light on the back of a car, train etc. He followed the tail-lights of the bus. agterlig ضَوء خَلْفي заден фар luz traseira koncové světlo das Rücklicht baglygte πίσω φανάρι luz trasera tagatuli چراغ عقب takavalo feu arrière פָּנַס אֲחוֹרִי पक्षदीप stražnje svjetlo (automobila) hátsó világítás lampu belakang afturljós fanale posteriore 尾灯 미등, 테일라이트 užpakalinis žibintas, buferinis žibintas pakaļējā gabarītuguns lampu belakang achterlicht baklys/-lykt światło tylne luz traseira stop (al unei maşini) габаритный задний фонарь koncové svetlo zadnja luč stop-svetlo bakljus ไฟท้าย stop lâmbası 尾燈 задня фара گاڑي کي پچھلي بتي đèn hậu 尾灯
tail wind
a wind coming from behind. We sailed home with a tail wind. wind van agter ريح خَلْفِيَّه попътен вятър vento de cauda vítr do zad der Rückenwind medvind ούριος άνεμος viento de cola taganttuul باد موافق myötätuuli vent arrière רוּחַ גַב पक्ष पवन, अनुकूल हवा vjetar u leđa hátszél angin turutan meðvindur/-byr vento di poppa/coda 追い風 뒤에서 부는 바람 vėjas iš užpakalio vējš no mugurpuses angin sorong buritan rugwind medvind wiatr w plecy vento de cauda vânt favorabil/din spate попутный ветер zadný vietor (do chrbta) z vetrom vetar u leđa medvind ลมที่มาจากตอนล่าง arkadan esen rüzgâr 尾風 попутний вітер باد موافق، پيچھے سے آنے والي ہوا gió xuôi 尾风
tail off
1. to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end). His interest tailed off towards the end of the film. verminder, verflou يَتَضاءَل تَدْريجِيّا намалявам diminuir vytrácet se, zmenšovat se abflauen aftage; dale μειώνομαι, ξεθυμαίνω disminuir, menguar kahanema کم شدن؛ ضعیف شدن heiketä diminuer לִדעוֹך घटना कम होना nestajati, smanjivati se elvékonyodik makin berkurang minnka smám saman diminuire 小さくなる 차츰 감소하다 slūgti sarukt; apsīkt kemerosotan afnemen avta, minke słabnąć, zanikać diminuir a slăbi убывать vytrácať sa, zmenšovať sa zmanjšati se slabiti avta ทําให้น้อยลง azalarak kaybolmak 變少,縮小 поступово зменшуватися کمزور ہونا، چھوٹا ہونا yếu đi 变少,缩小
2. (also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent. His voice tailed away into silence. vervaag يَتَضاءَل، يَخِف، يَخْفِت затихвам diminuir rozplývat se abflauen blive svagere σβήνω irse debilitando, ir disminuyendo (poco a poco/gradualmente) vaibuma کم شدن؛ ضعیف شدن häipyä se taire peu à peu לִקטוֹן अलग पड़ जाना, पिछड़ना utišati se, utihnuti elhal makin hilang deyja/fjara út affievolirsi 細くなる (목소리 등이) 점점 가늘어지다 nuščiūti norimt; pieklust; apklust; izgaist semakin tdk kedengaran wegsterven stilne, bli borte zamierać diminuir a se stinge treptat затихать rozplývať sa potihniti slabiti försvagas, dö bort ไม่มีเสียง gittikçe azalmak (聲音)越來越弱 затихати; вщухати بتدريج خاموش ہونا nhỏ đi (声音)越来越弱
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"Here it is, the tail-end of dry summer, an' the ground's just leakin' everywhere."
There was about a teaspoonful of grey matter distributed among the entire squad, and the pupil Annette had been teaching that afternoon had come in at the tail-end of the division.
The notification was issued only after tail-end growers impressed upon Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah to form the committee through a notification in compliance with orders of a division bench of the Hyderabad circuit of the SHC comprising Justices Salahuddin Panhwar and Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry.
THATTA -- A protest demonstration was recorded by the growers against the shortage of water in the tail-end areas of coastal belt on Tuesday.
BADIN -- Hundreds of growers staged protest against shortage of agriculture water at tail-end areas here on Wednesday.
KARACHI -- Sindh Senior Minister for Irrigation, Works and Services Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Friday assured that Irrigation system of the province will be revamped to ensure sufficient water supply to the tail-end growers.
While addressing the participants, representatives of growers expressed their anger and said that their share of water was diverted to five flood canals and was stolen through illegal outlets to irrigate land of the influential people which was depriving over millions people in the tail-end areas of the district.
Cold front brings rains Chedeng nears Mindanao !-- -- Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star) - March 17, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines The rainshowers yesterday in Metro Manila were not the result of cloud-seeding but caused by the tail-end of a cold front hovering over Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.
The tail-end of a cold front is expected to bring rains in northern and central Luzon, the weather bureau said on Saturday.
The tail-end of cold front and northeast monsoon or amihan will be the prevailing weather systems on the first day of February, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
The CM directed the irrigation department to further focus on the proper distribution of water, particularly to the tail-end areas.
He said that tail-end areas were being provided water through management.

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