Jar
[dʒɑː] or [dʒɑr]
Definition
(noun.) a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
(noun.) the quantity contained in a jar; 'he drank a jar of beer'.
(verb.) affect in a disagreeable way; 'This play jarred the audience'.
(verb.) shock physically; 'Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game'.
(verb.) place in a cylindrical vessel; 'jar the jam'.
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Definition
(n.) A turn. [Only in phrase.]
(n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar.
(n.) The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.
(v. i.) To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears.
(v. i.) To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.
(v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith.
(v. t.) To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off.
(n.) A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.
(n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.
(n.) A regular vibration, as of a pendulum.
(n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Vibrate harshly.[2]. Clash, interfere, wrangle, contend, quarrel, bicker, spat, spar, jangle, squabble, TIFF, have words, have an altercation.
v. a. Shake, agitate, jolt.
n. [1]. Shake, agitation, jolt.[2]. Discord, disagreement, quarrel, altercation, jarring, wrangling, bickering.
Editor: Vlad
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Interfere, clash, quarrel,[See TANGLE]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of empty jars, denotes impoverishment and distress. To see them full, you will be successful. If you buy jars, your success will be precarious and your burden will be heavy. To see broken jars, distressing sickness or deep disappointment awaits you.
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Examples
- It was as if from some aerial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, 'All are shadows! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Free chlorine is heavier than air, and hence when it leaves the exit tube it settles at the bottom of the jar, displacing the air, and finally filling the bottle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But the methods by which it sought this reunion jar with our modern consciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I alighted softly upon the ground, however, without appreciable shock or jar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He had a long sausage, a jar of something and two bottles of wine under his arm. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The phosphorus in burning unites with the oxygen of the air and hence the gas that remains in the jar is chiefly nitrogen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When he had completed his experiment all interest in it was lost, and the jars and wires would be left to any fate that might befall them. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They mould the softened rubber over clay patterns in the form of shoes, jars, vases, tubes, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He had arranged twenty jars with platinum electrodes held in place by hard rubber. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The smell of its jars of old rose-leaves and lavender seems to come upon me even here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He contrived an electric jack driv en by two Leyden jars and capable of carrying a large fowl with a motion fit for roast ing before a fire. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It involved storing a great multitude of earthenware tablets in huge earthenware jars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Rapid evaporation of the water from the wet cloths keeps the contents of the jars cool, and that without expense other than the muscular energy needed for wetting the cloths frequently. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Admire each other as we might at a distance, still we jarred when we came very near. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was the last visitor to pass out at the Lodge, and the gate jarred heavily and hopelessly upon her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It jarred upon her to be obliged to commence instantly to tell lies in reply to so much confidence and simplicity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Their ideas jarred so little with the essentials of Christianity that they believed themselves to be devout Christians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lydgate, startled and jarred, looked up in silence for a moment, like a man who has been disturbed in his sleep. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The tone in which he put the question jarred on me--there was something painfully suppressed in it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The discord jarred upon her inexpressibly. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I think that, henceforth, nothing but some extraordinary jarring of that chord could renew it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Not even the sense of danger was sufficient to reconcile, for ever so short a time, their jarring interests. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Family jarring vulgarizes; family union elevates. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She went on, with the discord jarring and jolting through her, in the most barren of misery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The sense of talk, buzzing, jarring, half-secret, the endless mining and political wrangling, vibrated in the air like discordant machinery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The senseless chatter of the young men at mess was more than ever jarring. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Till this is done they will be often jarring. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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