tail-end
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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.
Translations
tail
(teil) noun1. 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.
2. anything which has a similar function or position. the tail of an aeroplane/comet.
verb to follow closely. The detectives tailed the thief to the station.
-tailed having a (certain size, type etc of) tail. a black-tailed duck; a long-tailed dog.
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.
interjection a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.
ˌtail-ˈend noun the very end or last part. the tail-end of the procession.
ˈtail-light noun the (usually red) light on the back of a car, train etc. He followed the tail-lights of the bus.
tail wind a wind coming from behind. We sailed home with a tail wind.
tail off1. to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end). His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.
2. (also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent. His voice tailed away into silence.