- shadowing, tailing - following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines"
Antonym: leading (indirect, via following)
- shadowing, tailing - the act of following someone secretly
--1 is a kind of pursuit, chase, following
Derived form: verb tail1
- 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"
--1 is one way to pursue, follow
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun tail5, noun tailing1
Sam cannot tail Sue
- dock, tail, bob - remove or shorten the tail of an animal
--2 is one way to cut
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun tail1
Somebody ----s something
- tail - remove the stalk of fruits or berries
--3 is one way to top, pinch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something