tarry

Speech parts

1. tarry - Noun

2. tarry - Adjective

3. tarry - Verb

4. tarry - Adjective Satellite

5. Tarry - Proper noun

Meaning

Stay; stop; delay.

Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

To stay or remain behind; to wait.

To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.

To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.

To delay; to defer; to put off.

To wait for; to stay or stop for.

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The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to reach, and where none may tarry long. Bertrand Russell

Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened. Amy Bloom

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season. Mary Todd Lincoln

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

He who fain would marry, in choice should not tarry. German Proverb

Let your trouble tarry till its own day comes. German Proverb

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