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tail in

tail in verb: to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.

Verb

tail in (third-person singular simple present tails in, present participle tailing in, simple past and past participle tailed in)

  1. (transitive) To fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.
    • to tail in a timber

Forms of tail in

third-person singular presenttails in
present participletailing in
past participletailed in
pasttailed in

Questions about tail in

What does tail in mean?
Tail in means to fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.
What part of speech is tail in?
Tail in is a verb.
What is the past tense of tail in?
The past tense of tail in is tailed in.

Words near tail in in the dictionary

  1. tail grape
  2. tail gunner
  3. tail gunners
  4. tail gut
  5. tail guts
  6. tail in
  7. tail job
  8. tail jobs
  9. tail lamp
  10. tail lamps
  11. tail lift

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