ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tailing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Tailing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of tail.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of tail.

More Meanings

  1. The act of following someone.
  2. (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  3. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.
  4. (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.

Example Sentences

[…]iron Bar forming a Tailing for the stones which lie in the doorways

Word Forms

Synonyms for tailing

Depending on context, synonyms include shadowing, following.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include following, shadowing, follow, tracking, dove, residues.

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