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Meanings of tail in English

Portuguese
cu
Catalan
paner
Spanish
cachas
Wikidata

The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on.

cu
Portuguese
ir à caça
Catalan
empaitar
Spanish
rastrear
Wikidata

Go after with the intent to catch.

Related terms
ir à caça
Portuguese
popa
Catalan
popa

The rear part of a ship.

popa
Portuguese
empenagem
Catalan
cua
Spanish
lado trasero

The rear part of an aircraft.

empenagem
Usage of tail in English
1
The Russian civil war is dragging its mortal tail through eastern Europe.
The Irish Times
2
Responses in tail arteries were not significantly different among the different groups.
Pubmed
3
She opened it and found the tail of the little china dog.
Septimus
4
And the little dog in the corner wagged his tail and said:
Folk Tales from the Russian
5
The body and bones we could easily construct; and the tail too.
The Cliff Climbers / A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"
6
Others say the long tail model is more limited than Anderson believes.
Reuters
7
I suspect that the tail is merely a system used for balance.
The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black
8
Nature had been relying on the material that was in the tail.
Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training
9
England's pace attack sliced through the New Zealand tail in the morning.
Reuters
10
SPCA chief executive Andrea Midgen said tail-docking for cosmetic reasons was banned.
Radio NZ
11
We've all seen turkey tail mushroom, whether we know it or not.
The Irish Times
12
Under the tail of the Bird lie the feet of the Horse.
The Ten Books on Architecture
13
Let my tail work his way through that and catch me up.
Altered carbon
14
Soon enough, the tail brushed lightly against the radiator a second time.
The Lost World
15
The head and body measure about twenty-two inches; and the tail, fifteen.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
16
The devil astride the jib boom, his tail lashing in the wind.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago