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tar

noun
/tɑː/UK/tɑɹ/US/tæːɹ/

Etymology

PIE word *dóru From Middle English ter, terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-, from *dóru (“tree”). See also Saterland Frisian Taar, West Frisian tarre, tar, Dutch teer, German Teer; also Welsh derw (“oaks”), Lithuanian dervà (“pinewood, resin”), Russian де́рево (dérevo, “tree”), Bulgarian дърво́ (dǎrvó, “tree”). More at tree.

  1. derived from *derwo-✻
  2. inherited from *terwą✻
  3. inherited from *teru✻
  4. inherited from teoru
  5. inherited from ter

Definitions

  1. A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from…

    A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

  2. A sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).

    • Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar.
    • a ruminating tar was[…]adorning [the wooden settle] with his jack-knife,[…]trying his hand at a ship under full sail.
    • If there's one man that I admire, that man's a British tar.

  3. Ellipsis of black tar heroin.

  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. To coat with tar.

    2. To besmirch.

      • The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.
      • Dr. Sign: In fact, maybe you think I should get credit, but if I do, Dr. Frendall will be scorned. You know why Dr. Ellsworth: Yes, I know. Your critics will tar him with the same brush as you.

    3. A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.

    4. A file produced by such a program.

    5. To create a tar archive.

    6. A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries…

      A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

    7. A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.

    8. Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).

    9. Initialism of Tibet Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.

    10. A village in Hungary.

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Derived

Archangel tar, Athabasca tar sands, beat the tar out of, birch tar, black as tar, black tar, coal tar, gas tar, green tar, Jack Tar, jacktar, juniper tar, mineral tar, pine tar, pitch-tar, slow as tar, spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar, Stockholm tar, tar baby, tar-black, tar board, tar boil, tarbrush, tarbucket, tarcrete, tar derby, Tar Heel, tarlike, tarmac, tarmacadam, tarpaper, tar paper, tarpaulin, tar pit, tarpit, tarpot, tarrish, tarry, tar sand, tarseal · +15 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tar. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at tar. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at tar

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA