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Definition: Tailing |
TailingAdjective1. Following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines". Noun1. The act of following someone secretly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tailing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | The discarded residue after treatment of an ore to remove desirable minerals. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The modification of some forms of HnRNA following transcription by the addition of between 10 and 20 adenosine residues to the 3'-end. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Giving the proper angle, or elevation, in driving the poling boards in a heading b. The part of a projecting brick or stone inserted in a wal. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A defect in reproduction in which, after a rapid change from black to white on the original document, the true white reproduction is not immediately obtained and a grey gradually fading to white is observable. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: TailingSynonym: shadowing (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tailing |
| Specialty definitions using "tailing": closed-circuit operation ♦ flotation time ♦ mechanical flotation cell ♦ southwestern cell, STITCH-BONDING-MACHINE TENDER, Sutton, Steele, and Steele dry table ♦ waste filling, waste-filled stopes. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Tailing me in a gray Plymouth coupe, maybe (The Big Sleep; writing credit: William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, and Jules Furthman. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.) You been tailing me, Wilmer (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: David Greenwalt) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tailing the Millennium (2000) | |
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Books | |
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 | West Fork Blackbird Creek, a tailing facility. The structure to the right is a spillway. Several million cubic yards contaminated tailings are behind the dam. Water is diverted into a concrete channel so it does not come into contact with the tailings. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The top of the West Fork Tailing Facility, looking downstream. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Tailing piles left by gold dredge. Madison County, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pile of tailing from gold mill, defunct. Idaho Springs, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Tailing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 89.47% of the time. "Tailing" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 89.47% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.26% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tailing": tailing-off. | |
Ending with "tailing": dove-tailing, hard-tailing, self-tailing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
charleston charter fishing tailing | 29 |
e tailing | 7 |
catch in pristine redfish tailing trout | 3 |
dam tailing | 3 |
self tailing winches | 3 |
loop tailing | 2 |
mine tailing | 2 |
apparel e tailing | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tailing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 跟踪 (sleuthing, tracked, tracking). (various references) | |
Czech | zapuštìný konec. (various references) | |
Danish | udludningsrest, sort hvid fejl, poly A-tilkobling, poly A-terminering, hale (tail), DNA-terminering. (various references) | |
Dutch | tailing, staart (tail), residu (breakdown product), naslepen, nablijven (remain), DNA-terminatie. (various references) | |
Finnish | lieve (border, hem), hännittäminen, DNA:n terminaatio, DNA:n synteesin päättyminen. (various references) | |
French | traînage, termination d'un ADN, schlamms, résidus, queue poly A, queue (tail), extension homopolymérique, contre-rivure. (various references) | |
German | beschattend (shadowing). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάλοιπα (detritus), πολυ-Α καταληκτική ακολουθία, τράβηγμα εικόνας, τερματισμός ενός DNA, ουραγία. (various references) | |
Italian | terminazione di DNA, tailing, residui di lisciviazione, registrazione (adjustment, enrollment, enrolment, enter, entry, record, recording, registration), coda (line, queue, tail, train). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailingtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | resíduos (combings, leavings, sediment), resíduo (draff, marc, offal, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, spoilage), refugo (cull, dirt, garbage, jetsam, mullock, offal, offscourings, raffle, refuse, reject, riffraff, rubbish, scum, spoilage, trash, trumpery, waste), arrasto (drag, dragging). (various references) | |
Romanian | sediment (deposit, Grout, remanent, residence, residue, sediment), rest (balance, carry over, change, end, oddment, patch, remainder, remanent, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rump, survival), rãmãşiţã (end, fag end, oddment, patch, remainder, remnant, residue, rest, survival, trace, vestige), pleavã (chaff, husk), drojdie (barm, draff, dregs, grounds, Lees, residue, scum, yeast). (various references) | |
Spanish | terminación del ADN, schlamms, residuo (remainder, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, waste), cola (bottom, cement, glue, gum, line, queue, rear, size, tail, trail, train), arrastre (pull). (various references) | |
Swedish | tailing, polyA-terminering, polyadenylering, lakrest, eftersläpning (delay, lag). (various references) | |
Turkish | saplama tuğlanın duvarın içindeki kısmı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tailing": tailings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tailing": bobtailing, cocktailing, curtailing, detailing, disentailing, dovetailing, entailing, fishtailing, hightailing, retailing. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tailing": retailings. (additional references) | |
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"Tailing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: taiming, taling, tauling, tieling, tualang. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tailing" (pronounced tā"ling) |
| 5 | t ā" l i ng | curtailing, detailing, entailing. |
| 4 | -ā" l i ng | ailing, assailing, bailing, baling, derailing, failing, flailing, Grayling, hailing, inhaling, jailing, mailing, nailing, prevailing, railing, regaling, sailing, scaling, surveilling, trailing, unavailing, unfailing, unveiling, veiling, wailing, whaling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ambling, angling, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unwilling, waffling, waggling, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: intagli. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n-t" | |
-1 letter: ailing, nilgai, tiling. | |
-2 letters: algin, align, giant, glint, liang, ligan, linga, litai. | |
-3 letters: agin, alit, anil, anti, gain, gait, gilt, glia, gnat, ilia, inia, inti, lain, lang, lati, ling, lint, nail, tail, tain, tali, tang, ting. | |
-4 letters: ail, ain, ait, alt, ani, ant, gal, gan, gat, gin, git, lag, lat, lin, lit, nag, nil. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-l-n-t" | |
+1 letter: dilating, intaglio, ligating, ligation, litigant, plaiting, ringtail, tailings, trailing, vigilant. | |
+2 letters: alighting, anticling, articling, detailing, digitalin, entailing, filiating, foliating, gainliest, geniality, genitalia, genitalic, genitival, giantlike, ignitable, inflating, intaglios, isolating, lariating, latticing, librating, ligations, liquating, litigants, malignity, plaitings, retailing, ringtails, tailoring, vigilante, violating. | |
+3 letters: afflicting, agglutinin, airlifting, alienating, alimenting, antilogies, bloviating, bobtailing, curtailing, datelining, depilating, digitalins, eluviating, etiolating, filtrating, flatlining, gadolinite, gelatinize, glaciating, glaciation, gleization, granulitic, immolating, implanting, initialing, insolating, installing, insulating, intaglioed, intangible, intangibly, invigilate, jubilating, laminating, lapidating, laryngitic, laryngitis, laterizing, latinizing, levigating, levigation, levitating, liberating, ligaturing, litigating, litigation, metalising, metalizing, militating, multigrain, mutilating, obligating, obligation, oppilating, outsailing, palliating, retailings, salivating, sibilating, simulating, spoliating, springtail, tailgating, tailorings, toenailing, totalising, totalizing, trailering, travailing, trigeminal, trilingual, ultimating, unplaiting, validating, victualing, vigilantes, vigilantly, vitalising, vitalizing. | |
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