American English pronunciation
How to pronounce tailed
IPA transcription: ['teɪld]
Hear “tailed” pronounced
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Verb
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go after with the intent to catch
“The policeman chased the mugger down the alley”
“the dog chased the rabbit”
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remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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remove the stalk of fruits or berries
Adjective
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having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination
Usage examples
- Both companies are known for detailed and realistic mathematical models of complex physical systems.
- The events are detailed on the society's web site.
- Detailed observations and process studies are combined within the initiative.
- Island mammals include coyote, beaver, white-tailed deer, and eastern chipmunk.
- Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited conducted a detailed survey of the area.
- The detail can be very concise to extremely detailed and thorough.
- The expanded martial law closed universities, banned political activities and further curtailed the press.
- This work sometimes entailed him travelling as far as Scotland.
- He began maintaining detailed journals of all his astronomical observations.
- Many threatened species of animals live here, including the brush-tailed rock-wallaby.