 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tarry
adjective: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: {pitchy}, {resinous},
{resiny}]
verb
1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
the department?" [syn: {loiter}, {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag},
{loaf}, {lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {linger},
{lurk}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: {linger}]
[also: {tarried}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tarried
See {tarry}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tarry \Tar"ry\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tarried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tarrying}.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see {Tarre}); but with
a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen
to delay, OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare, fr. L.
tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr. tardus slow. Cf.
{Tardy}.]
1. To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Tarry ye for us, until we come again. --Ex. xxiv.
14.
2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
Come down unto me, tarry not. --Gen. xic. 9.
One tarried here, there hurried one. --Emerson.
3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
Tarry all night, and wash your feet. --Gen. xix. 2.
Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.
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