"tailing" meaning in All languages combined

See tailing on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tailings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tailing (plural tailings)
  1. The act of following someone.
    Sense id: en-tailing-en-noun-QV65Vr0F
  2. (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-tailing-en-noun-rc634Xb0 Topics: architecture
  3. (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tailing-en-noun-hUHHZW0S
  4. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together. Categories (topical): Espionage
    Sense id: en-tailing-en-noun-BiMxTbkT Disambiguation of Espionage: 7 9 26 47 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 8 84 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 5 82 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 3 4 87 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tailings, e-tailing

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tailing
  1. present participle and gerund of tail Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tail
    Sense id: en-tailing-en-verb-xtKtw2Im

Inflected forms

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tailing",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "tail"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of tail"
      ],
      "id": "en-tailing-en-verb-xtKtw2Im",
      "links": [
        [
          "tail",
          "tail#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tailing"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tailings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tailing (plural tailings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tailings"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "e-tailing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of following someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-tailing-en-noun-QV65Vr0F",
      "links": [
        [
          "following",
          "following"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Architecture",
          "orig": "en:Architecture",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1813, Benjamin Dean Wyatt, Observations on the Design for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane:",
          "text": "[…]iron Bar forming a Tailing for the stones which lie in the doorways",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall."
      ],
      "id": "en-tailing-en-noun-rc634Xb0",
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff."
      ],
      "id": "en-tailing-en-noun-hUHHZW0S",
      "links": [
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 8 84 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 5 82 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 3 4 87 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 26 47 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Espionage",
          "orig": "en:Espionage",
          "parents": [
            "Deception",
            "Secrecy",
            "Security",
            "Ethics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Philosophy",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together."
      ],
      "id": "en-tailing-en-noun-BiMxTbkT",
      "links": [
        [
          "prolongation",
          "prolongation"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ],
        [
          "telegraph",
          "telegraph"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tailing"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "word": "tail"
        }
      ],
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        "present participle and gerund of tail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tail",
          "tail#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tailing"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Espionage"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "tailings"
    },
    {
      "word": "e-tailing"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of following someone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "following",
          "following"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Architecture"
      ],
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          "text": "[…]iron Bar forming a Tailing for the stones which lie in the doorways",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prolongation",
          "prolongation"
        ],
        [
          "current",
          "current"
        ],
        [
          "telegraph",
          "telegraph"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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