tarry
[verb]
Synonyms: delay, dally, dawdle, drag, lag, loiter, poke, procrastinate, put off, trail, stay, abide, bide, linger, remain, stick around, wait, visit, sojourn, stop (over)

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Related Words: falter, flag, dawdle, sojourn

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I. tar‧ry¹ /ˈtæri/ verb (past tense and past participle tarried, present participle tarrying, third person singular tarries) [intransitive] literary
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Origin unknown]

1. to stay in a place, especially when you should leave Synonym : linger

2. to delay or be slow in going somewhere

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II. tar‧ry² /ˈtɑːri/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: tar]
covered with tar (=a thick black liquid)

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