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tarry1 verbtarry2 adjective tarrytar‧ry1 /ˈtæri/ verb (past tense and past participle tarried, present participle tarrying) [intransitive] literary tarry1Origin: 1200-1300 Origin unknown VERB TABLEtarry |
Present | I, you, we, they | tarry | | he, she, it | tarries | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tarried | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tarried | | he, she, it | has tarried | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tarried | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tarry | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tarried |
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Present | I | am tarrying | | he, she, it | is tarrying | | you, we, they | are tarrying | Past | I, he, she, it | was tarrying | | you, we, they | were tarrying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tarrying | | he, she, it | has been tarrying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tarrying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tarrying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tarrying |
- As Snelders tarried in his six-yard box, Connolly stabbed the ball wide.
- The boys were older now; she could tarry a bit, and not get home until four.
- We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.
- We tarried, though; looking up at the kirk bell.
- Why does the clatter of his war-wagons tarry so?
1to stay in a place, especially when you should leave SYN linger2to delay or be slow in going somewheretarry1 verbtarry2 adjective tarrytar‧ry2 /ˈtɑːri/ adjective tarry2Origin: 1500-1600 tar - Lightning in the distance straight ahead sent reflections shooting all the way up the tarry wheel tracks on the pavement.
covered with tar (=a thick black liquid) |