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单词 tailing
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tailing

noun

tail·​ing ˈtā-liŋ How to pronounce tailing (audio)
1
: residue separated in the preparation of various products (such as grain or ores)
usually used in plural
2
: the part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall

Synonyms

  • chase
  • chasing
  • dogging
  • following
  • hounding
  • pursuing
  • pursuit
  • shadowing
  • tagging
  • tracing
  • tracking
  • trailing
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Mining operations often clear forests to make room for expanding extraction sites and tailing storage facilities, as well as to build access roads and settlements for miners. Reuters, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Auster’s obsessions with identity, language, ambiguity and defeat are revealed on the long, tailing walks through the metropolis that give his labyrinthine novels their switchback shape, and New York looms throughout like a modern-day Babel. Alice Mcdermott, New York Times, 22 June 2022 For Federico Marchetti, the Italian e-tailing magnate behind Yoox Net-a-Porter Group (whose personal residential portfolio is vast), the idyllic Lido is a sleeping beauty waiting to be revived. Max Vadukul. Styled By Nicoletta Santoro., Town & Country, 12 June 2022 Rather than high-tailing it from east to west or north to south, pause in the geographic center of the contiguous United States. Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 His smooth motion produced a series of tailing sinkers. Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2022 In February, Cruz came under fire for high-tailing it to Cancun during a winter storm that left hundreds of thousands of households in Texas without power. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 13 July 2021 The feat was the part of the competition known as colas or steer tailing. San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021 But each year, his tailing fastball got a little bit better, routinely reaching triple digits this season and reminding Hayden of the heater of Luis Castillo, the one-time All-Star for the Cincinnati Reds. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1

tailing 1 of 2

noun

as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another the reporter's constant tailing of the candidate resulted in an exclusive scoop

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pursuit
  • tracking
  • trailing
  • chasing
  • tracing
  • pursuing
  • chase
  • shadowing
  • dogging
  • tagging
  • hounding
  • search
  • following
  • hot pursuit
  • trail
  • seeking
  • track
  • path
  • tagging along

tailing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of tail
as in chasing
to go after or on the track of detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • chasing
  • tracking
  • pursuing
  • trailing
  • escorting
  • following
  • tracing
  • accompanying
  • dogging
  • shadowing
  • hounding
  • tagging
  • coursing
  • bird-dogging
  • watching
  • running
  • running after
  • hunting
  • seeking
  • chaperoning
  • observing
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • searching (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • leading
  • guiding
  • heading
  • piloting
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