Tarry
['tɑːrɪ] or ['tæri]
Definition
(n.) Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
(v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
(v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
(v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
(v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.
(v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.
(n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Editor: Louise
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Stay, STOP, sojourn, abide (temporarily), lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, have lodgings, take lodgings.[2]. Wait, linger, delay, loiter, be slow, remain long.
Inputed by DeWitt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rest, abide, halt, {[awnit]?}, flag, lag, continue, remain, sojourn, delay,stop, stay, loiter, linger
ANT:Press, push, speed, haste, proceed
Editor: Shelton
Definition
adj. consisting of covered with or like tar.—n. Tarr′y-breeks a sailor.—adj. Tarr′y-fing′ered thievish.—n.pl. Tarr′y-fing′ers thieving fingers.
v.i. to be tardy or slow: to loiter or stay behind: to delay:—pa.t. and pa.p. tarr′ied.—n. Tarr′ier one who tarries or delays.—v.i. Tarr′ow (Scot.) to hesitate refuse.
Editor: Ryan
Examples
- Before her was a small cauldron standing over a low fire and in it bubbled a thick, reddish, tarry mass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He had never been hungrier and he filled his mouth with wine, faintly tarry-tasting from the leather bag, and swallowed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My people, save the few who are now with me, do but tarry my presence to transport his honoured remains to their last mansion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Their courtly politeness to each other at the hotels where they tarry is the theme of general admiration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I tarry not, said the Pilgrim, giving way to the urgency of his companion; but I must secure the means of leaving this place--follow me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Thou seest, said Isaac, how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Well, answered the Templar, an thou wilt tarry there, remember I have redeemed word and glove. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They tarried not to bid their fathers and mothers good-bye, or any friend they knew. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You had better have tarried there to fight for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, said the Templar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Therefore we tarried only a short time at the pit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I concluded he would leave her in a servant's charge and withdraw; but he entered: having tarried a little while below, he came up-stairs. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They trooped after us, and never more while we tarried in Fayal did we get rid of them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thou hast tarried long, he said; I have been as if stretched on red-hot iron with very impatience. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Possibly it may be thought that our party tarried too long, or did other improper things, but such was not the case. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Eva