tarry

verb · noun · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb
V_es/s
tarries
V_ing/Gerund
tarrying
V_ed/pp
tarriedtarrow
  1. 1.

    (dated, intransitive)To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

    Đồng nghĩa: forestall, put off, adjourn, avert, defer, delay, dilly-dally, draw out, extend, forslow, forestall, forestay, kick into the long grass, kick the can down the road, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, prorogate, protract, put off, put on hold, put on ice, retard, roll back, stay, suspend, tarry

  2. 2.

    (dated, intransitive)To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.

    Đồng nghĩa: abide

  3. 3.

    (dated, intransitive)To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.

    Đồng nghĩa: hang about, hang around, linger, loiter

  4. 4.

    (dated, intransitive)To stay somewhere temporarily.

    Đồng nghĩa: sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop over, keep, lodge, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop off, stop over, tarry

  5. 5.

    (dated, transitive)To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

    Đồng nghĩa: await, wait on, abide, attend, await, bide, expect, hold up, keep, remain, stay, tarry, tend, wait, wait on, wait for

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
tarries
  1. 1.

    (dated)A sojourn.

    Đồng nghĩa: stay, stop, stop-over

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
tarrier
Superlative
tarriest
  1. 1.

    (dated)Resembling tar.

    Đồng nghĩa: pitchy

  2. 2.

    (dated)Covered with tar.

    Đồng nghĩa: bituminized, pitchy

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Đồng nghĩa

forestallput offadjournavertdeferdelaydilly-dallydraw outextendforslowforestaykick into the long grasskick the can down the roadpostponeprocrastinateprolongprorogueprorogateprotractput on hold

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English tarien, terien (to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay), from Old English tirian, tirġan, terġan (to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite), from Proto-Germanic *terganą, *targijaną (to pull, tease, irritate), from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (to pull, tug, irritate). Cognate with tergen to provoke, zergen, terge, дёргать. Compare also tårdjî.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 16/8/2026

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