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tar1 nountar2 verb tartar1 /tɑː $ tɑːr/ noun [uncountable]  tar1Origin: Old English teoru - A naked man covered in tar and soot slithered by in pursuit of three young, giggling girls.
- His facial scars radiating ridges pigmented with tar or carbon pictured some many-legged mutant spider.
- Rating cigarettes by tar and nicotine content, much as gasoline is rated by octane levels.
- The amount of tar in cigarettes is also important but less so than the number smoked or duration of smoking.
- The clean smell of pine tar rose in the air, and Sam began counting rings.
► Buildingaisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun 1a black substance, thick and sticky when hot but hard when cold, used especially for making road surfaces → coal tar2a sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns, and that gets into the lungs of people who smoke: high tar cigarettestar1 nountar2 verb tartar2 verb (past tense and past participle tarred, present participle tarring) [transitive]  VERB TABLEtar |
Present | I, you, we, they | tar | | he, she, it | tars | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tarred | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tarred | | he, she, it | has tarred | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tarred | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tar | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tarred |
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Present | I | am tarring | | he, she, it | is tarring | | you, we, they | are tarring | Past | I, he, she, it | was tarring | | you, we, they | were tarring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tarring | | he, she, it | has been tarring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tarring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tarring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tarring |
- Kleider has been tarred by recent business scandals.
- But he was tarred with Estabrook's guilt.
- Candles and tarred kindling, and spices, Carrie thought, wrinkling her nose.
- I was tarred with the same brush, to a certain extent.
- Ralph even tarred the roof gutters and fixed a leak by the chimney.
- Suspected abolitionists were tarred, feathered, and run out of town; antislavery literature was burned.
- This is not an attempt to tar all forms of Centralism with the same brush.
► Buildingaisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun ► be/get tarred with the same brush► tar and feather- These spoke openly of ropes being thrown over high beams and tar and feathers brought into play.
- They would tar and feather him and ride him out of the town on a rail for this.
1to cover a surface with tar: a tarred roof2be/get tarred with the same brush if someone is tarred with the same brush as someone else, people think they have the same faults or have committed the same crimes, even if they have not: You’ve made it very clear that you think I’m tarred with the same brush as William.3 tar and feather to cover someone in tar and feathers as a cruel unofficial punishment |