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tarry
1[ tar-ee ]
verb (used without object)
tarried, tarrying.
- to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn:
He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
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- to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter.
- to wait.
verb (used with object)
tarried, tarrying.
- Archaic. to wait for.
noun
plural tarries.
- a stay; sojourn.
tarry
2[ tahr-ee ]
adjective
tarrier, tarriest.
- of or like tar; smeared with tar.
tarry
/ ˈæɪ /
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
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Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ٲ۾· noun
- ܲ·ٲ۾ adjective
- ܲ·ٲ۲·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tarry1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English taryen “to delay,” tary “a delay”; origin unknown
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51Թ 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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