Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tailing

1 sense of tailing

Sense 1
shadowing, tailing -- (the act of following someone secretly)
       => pursuit, chase, pursual, following -- (the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tail

3 senses of tail

Sense 1
chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track -- (go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit")
       => pursue, follow -- (follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life")

Sense 2
dock, tail, bob -- (remove or shorten the tail of an animal)
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

Sense 3
tail -- (remove the stalk of fruits or berries)
       => top, pinch -- (cut the top off; "top trees and bushes")