TARRY DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
tarry adj 1: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry] v 1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about}, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around}] 2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger] Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary tarry (tarrying, tarried) 1. If you tarry somewhere, you stay there longer than you meant to and delay leaving. (OLD-FASHIONED) Two old boys tarried on the street corner discussing cattle. = linger VERB: V 2. If you describe something as tarry, you mean that it has a lot of tar in it or is like tar. I smelled tarry melted asphalt. ...cups of tarry coffee. ADJ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. t. 1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.] Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. --Chaucer. 2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic] He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. --Shak. He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question. --Sir W. Scott. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Tarry \Tar"ry\, n. Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] --E. Lodge. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Tarry \Tar"ry\, a. [From Tar, n.] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarrying.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see Tarre); but with a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen to delay, OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare, fr. L. tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr. tardus slow. Cf. Tardy.] 1. To stay or remain behind; to wait. Tarry ye for us, until we come again. --Ex. xxiv. 14. 2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter. Come down unto me, tarry not. --Gen. xic. 9. One tarried here, there hurried one. --Emerson. 3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. Tarry all night, and wash your feet. --Gen. xix. 2. Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms tarry v. n. 1. Wait, linger, delay, loiter, remain, stay, stop. 2. Delay, put off, defer. 3. Stay, sojourn, abide (temporarily), lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, have lodgings, take lodgings, continue, stop, halt. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) tarry ̈ɪˈtærɪ v. 1 delay, pause, wait, linger, loiter, stall, procrastinate, dawdle, bide one's time, temporize, hang back, Colloq hang on or about or (a)round: They tarried in the pub, and missed their train. 2 remain, sojourn, stay, stop, rest, dwell, bide (one's) time, settle: She plans to tarry at Eastbourne for a while. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 113 Moby Thesaurus words for "tarry": abide, await, be still, bide, bide the issue, carry on, cease not, coast, continue, continue to be, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, defeat time, defy time, delay, dillydally, drag, drag along, drag on, dwell, endure, exist, extend, falter, flag, freeze, go along, go on, goof off, halt, hang about, hang around, hang back, hold, hold everything, hold on, hold out, hold steady, hold your horses, jog on, keep, keep going, keep on, keep quiet, lag, last, last long, last out, lie still, linger, linger on, live, live on, live through, loiter, lollygag, maintain, mark time, never cease, not breathe, not stir, pause, perdure, perennate, persist, poke, prevail, procrastinate, put off, remain, remain motionless, repose, rest, run, run on, settle, shilly-shally, sit tight, sit up, slog on, sojourn, stagger on, stall, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand still, stay, stay on, stay put, stay up, stick, stick around, stick fast, stop, stop over, subsist, survive, sustain, take time, temporize, tide over, trail, tread water, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waste time, wear, wear on, wear well |
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