1 the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: “The dog wagged its tail”
staart

2 anything which has a similar function or position: “the tail of an aeroplane/comet.”
staart
to follow closely: “The detectives tailed the thief to the station.”
schaduwen

-tailed

having a (certain size, type etc of) tail: “a black-tailed duck”
-gestaart

tails (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

(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.”
keerzijde
a call showing that a person has chosen that side of the coin when tossing a coin to make a decision etc.
keerzijde

'tail-'end (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

the very end or last part: “the tail-end of the procession.”
einde

'tail-light (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

the (usually red) light on the back of a car, train etc: “He followed the tail-lights of the bus.”
achterlicht

tail wind

a wind coming from behind: “We sailed home with a tail wind.”
rugwind

tail off

1 to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): “His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.”
afnemen

2 (alsotail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: “His voice tailed away into silence.”
wegsterven
© K Dictionaries Ltd.

to tail	schaduwen (ww.)
the tail	de staart (m)
tail	achterkant van personenauto ; kanaalafsluiting ; loefzijde van brand ; ochterkant van brand ; sleep ; staart ; staartvlakken ; staartvormig uitvloeisel

Bronnen: interglot; Wakefield genealogy pages; Autowoordenboek; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.




EN: shadow

EN: tails NL: jaquet NL: rok NL: muntzijde
EN: keep your tail up! NL: kop op!
EN: turn tail NL: er van door gaan
EN: tail of the eye NL: buitenooghoek
EN: the tail wags the dog NL: de minst belangrijke persoon (partij) neemt de beslissing
EN: tail after NL: op de voet volgen
EN: tail away=tail off NL: achtergeraken NL: afvallen NL: uitlopen in
EN: tail to NL: vastmaken NL: z. voegen bij