tarry

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see also: Tarry

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Pronunciation

• enPR: tăr'ē, IPA: /ˈtæ.ɹi/

Verb

tarry

1. (intransitive, dated) 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)

2. (intransitive, dated) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
3. (intransitive, dated) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
4. (intransitive, dated) To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
5. (transitive, dated) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

   He plodded on, […] tarrying no further question.

   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 1

     He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 5, Scene 5

     Fly, fly, my lord. There is no tarrying here.

Synonyms

• (be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything) forestall, put off; See also Thesaurus:procrastinate
• (linger in expectation of) abide
• (stay or wait, especially longer than planned) hang about, hang around, linger, loiter; See also Thesaurus:tarry
• (stay somewhere temporarily) sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop over; See also Thesaurus:sojourn
• (stay or stop for) await, wait on; See also Thesaurus:wait for

Translations

• French: tarder
• German: zaudern, zögern, sich verspäten, sich verzögern, verzögern, hinauszögern
• Russian: мешкать
• Spanish: demorar

Translations

• French: tarder
• German: abwarten, verharren, verweilen, verbleiben, sich aufhalten

Translations

• French: rester, demeurer
• German: verweilen, weilen, verbleiben, bleiben

Translations

• French: demeurer, séjourner
• German: verweilen, weilen, verharren, sich aufhalten
• Russian: остана́вливаться

Noun

tarry (plural tarries)

1. A sojourn.

Synonyms

• (sojourn): stay, stop, stop-over

Translations

• French: séjour
• German: Verzögerung, Aufenthalt

Pronunciation

• enPR: tär'ē, IPA: /ˈtɑːɹi/

Adjective

tarry (comparative tarrier, superlative tarriest)

1. Resembling tar.
2. Covered with tar.

Synonyms

• (resembling tar) pitchy
• (covered with tar) bituminized (treated with tar), pitchy

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Tarry

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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