{
  "pronunciations": {
    "phonetic": "te\u026al",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/tail.mp3",
    "transkor": "\uaf2c\ub9ac"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Noun",
      "etymologies": "Old English t\u00e6g(e)l, from a Germanic base meaning \u2018hair, hairy tail\u2019; related to Middle Low German tagel \u2018twisted whip, rope's end\u2019. The early sense of the verb (early 16th century) was \u2018fasten to the back of something\u2019",
      "definitions": "the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "hindmost part"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "back end"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "appendage"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "the dog's tail began to wag frantically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "follow and observe (someone) closely, especially in secret",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "a flock of paparazzi had tailed them all over Paris"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Noun",
      "etymologies": "Middle English (denoting a tallage): from Old French taille \u2018notch, tax\u2019, from taillier \u2018to cut\u2019, based on Latin talea \u2018twig, cutting\u2019",
      "definitions": "limitation of ownership, especially of an estate or title limited to a person and their heirs",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "the land was held in tail general"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meanskor": [
    {
      "type": "\uba85\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "\uace0\ub300 \uc601\uc5b4 tegg(e)l\uc740 '\ud138\uc774 \ub9ce\uace0 \ud138\uc774 \ub9ce\uc740 \uaf2c\ub9ac'\ub77c\ub294 \ub73b\uc758 \uac8c\ub974\ub9cc\uc5b4 \uc5b4\uc6d0\uc5d0\uc11c \uc720\ub798\ud588\uc73c\uba70, \uc911\uc800\ub3c5\uc5b4 \ud0c0\uac94\uc778 '\ub4a4\ud2c0\ub9b0 \ucc44\ucc0d, \ubc27\uc904\uc758 \ub05d'\uacfc \uad00\ub828\uc774 \uc788\ub2e4. \ub3d9\uc0ac\uc758 \ucd08\uae30 \uc758\ubbf8(16\uc138\uae30 \ucd08)\ub294 '\ubb34\uc5c7\uc778\uac00\uc758 \ub4a4\uc5d0 \uace0\uc815'\ub418\uc5c8\ub2e4.",
      "definitions": "\ud2b9\ud788 \ucc99\ucd94\ub3d9\ubb3c\uc758 \ub4f1\ubf08\uc758 \uc720\uc5f0\ud55c \ud655\uc7a5, \uc0c8\uc758 \ub4b7\ub05d\uc758 \uae43\ud138 \ub610\ub294 \uace4\ucda9\uc758 \ub9d0\ub2e8 \ubd80\uc18d\ubb3c\uacfc \uac19\uc774 \uc2e0\uccb4\uc758 \ub098\uba38\uc9c0 \ubd80\ubd84\uc744 \ub118\uc5b4 \uc5f0\uc7a5\ub420 \ub54c \ub3d9\ubb3c\uc758 \uac00\uc7a5 \ub4a4\ucabd \ubd80\ubd84",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "hindmost part"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "back end"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "appendage"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\uac1c\uc758 \uaf2c\ub9ac\uac00 \ubbf8\uce5c \ub4ef\uc774 \ud754\ub4e4\ub9ac\uae30 \uc2dc\uc791\ud588\ub2e4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\ub3d9\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "\ud2b9\ud788 \ube44\ubc00\ub9ac\uc5d0 (\ub204\uad70\uac00\ub97c) \uba74\ubc00\ud788 \ucd94\uc801 \uad00\ucc30\ud558\ub2e4.",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "\ud30c\ud30c\ub77c\uce58 \ub5bc\uac00 \ud30c\ub9ac \uc804\uc5ed\uc5d0\uc11c \uadf8\ub4e4\uc744 \ubbf8\ud589\ud588\ub2e4."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\uba85\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "\uc911\uc138 \uc601\uc5b4(\ud0a4\ub2e4\ub9ac\ub97c \ub098\ud0c0\ub0c4): \uace0\ub300 \ud504\ub791\uc2a4\uc758 \uaf2c\ub9ac '\ub178\uce58, \uc138\uae08'\uc5d0\uc11c, \uaf2c\ub9ac\uc790\ub974\uae30 '\ud1a0\ucef7'\uc73c\ub85c, \ub77c\ud2f4\uc5b4\uc758 \uc774\uc57c\uae30 'tig, cutting'\uc744 \uae30\ubc18\uc73c\ub85c \ud55c\ub2e4.",
      "definitions": "\uc18c\uc720\uad8c\uc758 \uc81c\ud55c, \ud2b9\ud788 \uac1c\uc778\uacfc \uadf8 \uc0c1\uc18d\uc778\uc5d0 \ud55c\uc815\ub41c \uc7ac\uc0b0\uc774\ub098 \uc18c\uc720\uad8c\uc758 \uc81c\ud55c",
      "synonyms": [],
      "examples": [
        "\uadf8 \ub545\uc740 \ub300\uccb4\ub85c \uaf2c\ub9ac\ub97c \ubb3c\uace0 \uc788\uc5c8\ub2e4."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "allphrases": [
    "chase one's tail",
    "on someone's tail",
    "the tail wags the dog",
    "with one's tail between one's legs"
  ],
  "arrphraseskor": [
    "\uaf2c\ub9ac\ub97c \ucad3\ub2e4",
    "\uc758 \ub4a4\ub97c \ucad3\uc544\uc11c",
    "\uaf2c\ub9ac\uac00 \uac1c\ub97c \ud754\ub4e4\ub2e4",
    "\uaf2c\ub9ac\ub97c \ub2e4\ub9ac \uc0ac\uc774\uc5d0 \ub450\uace0"
  ]
}