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tarry

1

[ tar-ee ]

verb (used without object)

tarried, tarrying.
  1. to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn:

    He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter.
  3. to wait.


verb (used with object)

tarried, tarrying.
  1. Archaic. to wait for.

noun

plural tarries.
  1. a stay; sojourn.

tarry

2

[ tahr-ee ]

adjective

tarrier, tarriest.
  1. of or like tar; smeared with tar.

tarry

/ ˈ³Ùæ°ùɪ /

verb

  1. intr to delay in coming or going; linger
  2. intr to remain temporarily or briefly
  3. intr to wait or stay
  4. archaic.
    tr to await
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rare.
    a stay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù²¹°ù°ù¾±±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù²¹°ù۾±Â·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹°ù۾±±ð»å adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹°ù۲â·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tarry1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English taryen “to delay,†tary “a delayâ€; origin unknown

Origin of tarry2

First recorded in 1545–55; tar 1 + -y 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tarry1

C14 tarien, of uncertain origin
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Synonym Study

See wait.
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Example Sentences

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But we could not tarry long there out in the open.

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The ticking watch urged him not to tarry.

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His stiff blue shorts were striped with tarry blackness.

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In the western province of Alberta, where many ferocious wildfires burned, huge deposits of thick crude oil, mixed with tarry sand, sit beneath the forest and near the snaking Athabasca River.

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But thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars, oil-speckled rocks and bushes line the shore and the wreckage of a tank car juts from the middle of the river.

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