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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.Ìýto wait for.
noun
plural
tarriesa 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
archaicÌý(tr) to await
noun
rareÌýa stay
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- tarrier noun
- untarried adjective
- untarrying adjective
- tarriness noun
- ˈ³Ù²¹°ù°ù¾±±ð°ù noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of tarry1
51³Ô¹Ï 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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