Tarry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing. See Synonyms at stay1.
  • verb-intransitive. To wait.
  • verb-intransitive. To remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; sojourn.
  • v. Archaic To wait for; await.
  • n. A temporary stay; a sojourn.
  • adj. Of, resembling, or covered with tar.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
  • v. To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
  • v. To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
  • v. To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
  • n. A sojourn.
  • adj. Resembling tar.
  • adj. Covered with tar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
  • verb-intransitive. To stay or remain behind; to wait.
  • verb-intransitive. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
  • verb-intransitive. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
  • v. To delay; to defer; to put off.
  • v. To wait for; to stay or stop for.
  • n. Stay; stop; delay.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of tar, or like tar; partaking of the character of tar; smeared with tar.
  • To vex; irritate; provoke; incite. See tar.
  • To continue in a place; remain; stay; sojourn; abide; lodge.
  • To wait or stay in expectation; wait.
  • To put off going or coming; delay; linger; loiter.
  • To cause to tarry; delay.
  • To wait for.
  • n. Delay: stay.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be about
  • v. leave slowly and hesitantly
  • adj. having the characteristics of pitch or tar
  • Equivalent
    adhesive   
    Verb Form
    tarried    tarries    tarrying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    leave    go forth    go away   
    Cross Reference
    delay    tarry fingers   
    Variant
    tarried   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    await    continue    abide    loiter    lodge    delay    stay    defer    stop    pitchy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arie    Azeri    Barrie    Barry    Berri    Berry    Bury    Canary    Carey    Carrie