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Definition of 'tarry'English
Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tarien, .
Verb
( en-verb)
To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- It is true that the Messiah will come, though he may tarry . (
Hitchens quoting translated Maimonides)
To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
* Shakespeare
- He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.
* Sir Walter Scott
- He plodded on, tarrying no further question.
Synonyms
* (stay or wait, especially longer than planned ): hang about, hang around, linger, loiter
* (stay somewhere temporarily ): sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop over
Noun
(tarries)
A sojourn.
Synonyms
* (sojourn ): stay, stop, stop-over
Etymology 2
Adjective
(er)
Resembling tar.
Covered with tar.
Synonyms
* (resembling tar) pitchy
* (covered with tar) bituminized (treated with tar ), pitchy
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