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Synonyms for tarry
ˈtɑr itar·ry
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Wiktionary
tarry2
Resembling tar.
Synonyms:
pitchytarry2
Covered with tar.
Synonyms:
pitchy, bituminize
English Synonyms and Antonyms
tarry
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,"
Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.Synonyms:
abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tolerate, wait, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
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Princeton's WordNet
pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarryverb
having the characteristics of pitch or tar
Synonyms:
sooty, jet-black, resinous, jet, resiny, pitchy, coal-blackAntonyms:
nonadhesiveloiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundverb
be about
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
Synonyms:
loll around, loaf, bushwhack, bum about, hover, arse about, lounge around, mill around, frig around, arse around, mess about, lurk, bum around, lounge, waylay, loiter, loll, mill about, bum, mill, hang around, lollygag, skulk, lallygag, footle, ambuscade, linger, lie in wait, scupper, ambush, lounge about, dawdle, waste one's timeAntonyms:
nonadhesivetarry, lingerverb
leave slowly and hesitantly
Synonyms:
lurk, lallygag, footle, linger, mess about, lollygag, loiter, lounge, mill about, hover, dawdle, loaf, mill around, hang aroundAntonyms:
nonadhesive
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
tarryverb
Synonyms:
stay, STOP, sojourn, abide (temporarily), lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, have lodgings, take lodgingstarryverb
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#461 | live | |
#871 | watch | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1547 | rest | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2413 | flag | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2590 | remain | |
#3446 | delay | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#4216 | jet | |
#4247 | lounge | |
#4898 | mill | |
#12106 | abide | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14382 | reside | |
#14447 | lag | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#19022 | await | |
#20026 | loaf | |
#20365 | hover | |
#20585 | bum | |
#29441 | ambush | |
#30748 | inhabit | |
#32577 | linger | |
#41596 | sojourn | |
#49672 | lurk | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#63518 | sooty | |
#68400 | bide | |
#132016 | resinous | |
#132501 | loiter | |
#152532 | loll | |
#156758 | scupper | |
#218314 | dawdle | |
#232896 | skulk | |
#288660 | ambuscade | |
#309433 | waylay |
How to use tarry in a sentence?
It is a kind of policy in these days to prefix a fantastical title to a book which is to be sold; for as larks come down to a day-net, many vain readers will tarry and stand gazing, like silly passengers, at an antic picture in a painter?s shop that will not look at a judicious piece.
When people are paddling on their board, the soles of their feet catch the light and very quickly, in exactly the same way the scales on a mullet or a menhaden might catch the light, and when you’re a predator, you don’t tarry. You have to be quick and make a quick decision.
Translations for tarry
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- توانى, تلكأ, تلكعArabic
- weilen, zögern, verweilen, Verzögerung, abwarten, zaudernGerman
- παραμένωGreek
- demorar, alquitranadoSpanish
- viibima, ootama, viivitama, peatumaEstonian
- बासनाHindi
- לְהִתְעַכֵּבHebrew
- 체재Korean
- sedeoLatin
- wachten, afwachten, treuzelen, verblijven, blijven, talmenDutch
- мешкать, останавливатьсяRussian
- dröjaSwedish
- ٹریUrdu
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