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The correct spelling is tailed.
How to pronounce tailed
verb
IPA: /teɪld/
Say it like: Tay-led
The correct spelling is tailed. To follow and observe surreptitiously. For example: "Tail that car!"
Usage Examples
“Tail that car!”
“This vessel tails downstream.”
“There are several tailed species of mammals.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- 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.
- 4.To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- 5.To pull or draw by the tail.
adjective
- 1.(often in combination) Having a tail.
- 2.Of certain butterflies, having one or more filamentous projections on the tornal section of each hind wing.
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