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TAIL END

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Example:

are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Synonyms:

arse; ass; backside; behind; bottom; bum; buns; butt; buttocks; can; derriere; fanny; fundament; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear; rear end; rump; seat; stern; tail; tail end; tooshie; tush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("tail end" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("tail end" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

Synonyms:

tail; tail end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("tail end" is a kind of...):

projection (any solid convex shape that juts out from something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The time of the last part of something

Example:

the tail of the storm

Synonyms:

fag end; tail; tail end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("tail end" is a kind of...):

end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)

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