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3. extremity, tip, nib, end; conclusion, termination, tag or fag end; stub, remnant, remainder, leftover.

4. Informal. See - buttocks and

rump (defs. 1, 2).
5. queue, line; retinue, train, suite, cortege, entourage, following, escort; wake, trail, track.
6. (all of hair) braid, pigtail, tress, ponytail.
7. Informal. See - detective.
8. tails. See - cutaway.
9. turn tail run away, flee, retreat, escape, take off, cut and run, hightail it, take to one's heels, Inf skedaddle.
-v. 10. Usu.

tail into fade away, wane, die out, trail off; merge into, blend, become; dwindle, fall off.
11. Informal, follow, trail, shadow, spy on, stay with, stay on top of, keep an eye on; dog, bedog, tag after.
12. terminate, come after, trail behind.

tailor, n. garment maker, couturier, couturidre, dressmaker, modiste, costumer, costumier, seamstress, semptress, sewer, stitcher; needlewoman, needlework-er, needlepointer, embroiderer, crewelworker, lace maker, tatter; knitter, crocheter.

taint, n. 1. trace, touch, suggestion, drop, bit, dab, spot, speck, fleck, dot; stain, discoloration, blemish, maculation, scar, Med. cicatrix, pit, pock, pockmark; flaw, imperfection, defacement, disfigurement, fault, defect; blotch, patch, splotch; dirty or black mark, soil, Obs. sully, smudge, smutch, smut, smirch, smear, streak, blur.
2. infection, contamination, pollution, poisoning, contagion, septicity; dirtying, sullying, befoulment; corruption, perversion, defilement, vitiation, lowering, debasement, adulteration, weakening, degradation; dissipation, depravity, depravation, debauchery, debauchment.

3. dishonor, discredit, disgrace, Inf. black eye, shame, stigma, brand; blemish, attaint, blot, blot on the escutcheon, tarnish.
-v. 4. contaminate, infect, poison, adulterate, blight, canker, envenom, empoison; defile, befoul, pollute, dirty, foul, begrime, make unclean; soil, sully, tarnish, stain, spot, smudge, smutch, smut, smirch, besmirch, smear, besmear, streak, blotch, splotch; Inf. muck up, Inf. mess up, litter, strew, Inf. junk up, spoil, ruin; maculate, mark or mark up, blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, damage, harm, injure, hurt, bruise, blacken; vitiate, lower, abase, debase, degrade, devalue, deprave, corrupt, pervert; desecrate, profane, unhallow, violate, despoil, abuse, misuse, ill-use.
5. brand, stigmatize, Sl. dump on, drag through the mud or mire, heap dirt upon; impute, slur, asperse, vilify, scandalize; slander, calumniate, libel, denigrate, defame; disgrace, shame, dishonor,

take, v. 1. acquire, secure, get, obtain, gain, procure, come by, Sl. cop; catch, seize, capture; hold, grasp, grip, clasp, embrace; garner, harvest, gather, glean; reach, attain, achieve, win; receive, accept, react or respond to; have, possess, experience, feel.
2. pick, hand-pick, select, choose, single out, set apart; prefer, favor, opt for; make one's choice or decision, decide or settle upon.

3. derive, stem from, come from, originate with, hail from; extract, quote, cite, excerpt.

4. ingest, swallow, eat, drink, consume; devour, gobble up, gulp down, bolt, wolf, Inf. put away; snack, nosh, nibble.
5. use, utilize, make use of, avail oneself of.
6. undergo, endure, bear, go through, pass through; tolerate, brook, abide, stand, withstand, put up with; swallow, stomach, digest, pocket.