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Definition of 'ajar'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ajar, . See char.
Adverb
( -)
Slightly turned or opened.
- The door was standing ajar.
Adjective
( en-adj)
Slightly turned or opened.
- The door is ajar.
- When is a door not a door? When it is ajar .
- The pantry door was ajar , so I opened it and took out the jamb.
Verb
( ajarr)
To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
* 1970 , John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal , Volume 10,
- A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
* 1977 , Bill Reed, Dogod ,
- Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars , if it hasn't jarred too much already.
* 2007 , Loki, Shard of the Ancient ,
- Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.
Etymology 2
Adverb
( -)
(label) Out of harmony.
Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.14:
- There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar [...].
Verb
To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
* 1907 , The English Illustrated Magazine , Volume 36,
- It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.
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Similar to 'ajar'ager, agger, auger, augur, agar, acer, acker, achar, aeger, aesir, asker, aker, acher, asher, aegir, achor, ascar, asr, ajr
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