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tarry
Overview of verb tarry
The verb tarry has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around -- (be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?")
2. tarry, linger -- (leave slowly and hesitantly)
Overview of adj tarry
The adj tarry has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry -- (having the characteristics of pitch or tar)
Antonyms of verb tarry
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tarry
2 senses of tarry
Sense 1
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> be
Sense 2
tarry, linger
=> leave, go forth, go away
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tarry
1 of 2 senses of tarry
Sense 1
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> prowl, lurch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tarry
2 senses of tarry
Sense 1
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> be
Sense 2
tarry, linger
=> leave, go forth, go away
'Cause To' of verb tarry
Derived Forms of verb tarry
1 of 2 senses of tarry
Sense 2
tarry, linger
RELATED TO>(noun) tarriance#1
=> tarriance, lingering
Domain of verb tarry
Domain Terms of verb tarry
Familiarity of verb tarry
tarry used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb tarry
2 senses of tarry
Sense 1
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
tarry, linger
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb tarry
2 senses of tarry
Sense 1
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 2
tarry, linger
> leave, go forth, go away
=> go out
=> depart, take leave, quit
=> pop off
=> walk off, walk away
=> hightail
=> walk out
=> come away
=> decamp, skip, vamoose
=> scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off
=> run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off
=> ride off, ride away
=> go out
=> tarry, linger
=> depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
=> pull out, get out
=> rush off, rush away
=> scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
=> slip away, steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out
=> vacate, empty, abandon
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tarry
Sense 1
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> be
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Sense 2
tarry, linger
=> leave, go forth, go away
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Grep of verb tarry
tarry
Antonyms of adj tarry
1 sense of tarry
Sense 1
pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry
INDIRECT (VIA adhesive) -> nonadhesive
Similarity of adj tarry
1 sense of tarry
Sense 1
pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry
=> adhesive (vs. nonadhesive)
Pertainyms of adj tarry
Attributes of adj tarry
Domain of adj tarry
Domain Terms of adj tarry
Familiarity of adj tarry
tarry used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj tarry
starry
tarry
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