tailed
Tracked from behind
Tailed describes something that has a tail: a long-tailed monkey, a tailed comet.
It often appears in compounds specifying the tail's character: white-tailed deer, ring-tailed lemur.
Tailed also serves as the past tense of tail, meaning to follow closely: Detectives tailed the suspect for weeks.
Came behind another
- trackedFollowed the course of
- shadowedFollowed covertly
- pursuedWent after persistently
- monitoredObserved systematically over time
detective · stakeout · undercover · spy · covert · suspect · investigation · trailing
Projecting body part
- caudalOf the tail
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- prehensileAdapted for grasping
bushy · wagging · docked · bobbed · furry · stub · hindquarters · rump
Warm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- lizardFour-legged scaled reptile
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- scorpionStinging arachnid with pincers
peacock · tadpole · lemur · kangaroo · beaver · rattlesnake · species · appendaged
Of the sky above
- meteorGlowing atmospheric space rock
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- trailPath through wilderness
- dustFine settled particles
ice · nucleus · orbit · streak · luminous · cosmic · asteroid · Halley
Outer garment or layer
- jacketSleeved upper-body covering
- tuxedoMen's formal evening attire
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- eveningLate day period
gown · swallow · cutaway · morning · lapels · orchestra · conductor · butler
Allocation across recipients
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- outliersExtreme data points
bell · dataset · asymmetric · heavy · fat · long · thin · regression
followed
Came behind another
monitored · detective · stakeout · undercover · spy · covert · suspect · investigation · trailing · watching
appendage
Projecting body part
prehensile · bushy · wagging · docked · bobbed · furry · stub · hindquarters · rump · tailbone
mammal
Warm-blooded, milk-producing animal
scorpion · peacock · tadpole · lemur · kangaroo · beaver · rattlesnake · species · appendaged · primate
celestial
Of the sky above
dust · ice · nucleus · orbit · streak · luminous · cosmic · asteroid · Halley · trajectory
coat
Outer garment or layer
evening · gown · swallow · cutaway · morning · lapels · orchestra · conductor · butler · waiter
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
outliers · bell · dataset · asymmetric · heavy · fat · long · thin · regression · deviation
- followed thingstracked, trailed, pursued, chased, stalked
- primate traitsopposable thumbs, grasping hands, prehensile, binocular vision, arboreal
- examinedobserved, watched, inspected, studied, surveyed
tailedunwatched
Not being observed
unfollowed · untracked · unsurveilled · unmonitored · unobserved
- heads or tailsFlip outcome options
- pin the tail on the donkeyBlindfolded targeting game
- tail wagging the dogSubordinate controlling the principal
- tail endConcluding portion
- tail lightVehicle's back signal
- wagging tailSwishing rear appendage
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