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tarry
1[ tar-ee ]
verb (used without object)
- to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn:
He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter.
- to wait.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to wait for.
noun
- a stay; sojourn.
tarry
2[ tahr-ee ]
adjective
- of or like tar; smeared with tar.
tarry
/ ˈ³Ùæ°ùɪ /
verb
- intr to delay in coming or going; linger
- intr to remain temporarily or briefly
- intr to wait or stay
- archaic.tr to await
noun
- rare.a stay
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù²¹°ù°ù¾±±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù²¹°ù۾±Â·±ð°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹°ù۾±±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹°ù۲â·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tarry1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tarry1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But we could not tarry long there out in the open.
The ticking watch urged him not to tarry.
His stiff blue shorts were striped with tarry blackness.
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.
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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