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Meanings of
tarry
in English
Portuguese
permanecer
Catalan
trigar
Spanish
tardar
Back to the meaning
Be about.
lounge
loaf
linger
lurk
loiter
footle
lollygag
mill about
mill around
lallygag
Portuguese
permanecer
Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
resinous
pitchy
resiny
Related terms
adhesive
Usage of
tarry
in English
1
The times and tides of business and debate
tarry
for no man.
2
Give me my staff; and
tarry
in yon chamber to the left.
3
Satisfied on this account, her brother said she should not
tarry
long.
4
The longer we
tarry
,
the farther word will spread about our intentions.
5
The muster shall begin at once, and wait for none that
tarry
.
6
Do not
tarry
.
Madog's voice held more than a note of impatience.
7
We don't want to
tarry
long in this Satan's country, do we?
8
In the mean time,
tarry
here until I have said some prayers.
9
Fortunately it was not necessary to
tarry
a long time in Para.
10
Let him go speedily; and go thou likewise, and do not
tarry
.
11
Happy Memotas; only a little while longer did he
tarry
with us.
12
The vote was unanimous for me to
tarry
and preach to them.
13
But there was still a day for me to
tarry
in London.
14
Oil sands developers are getting more efficient in producing the
tarry
crude.
15
Are you in the mind that you will not
tarry
in Thessaly?
16
Where I go, shalt thou follow; where I abide,
tarry
thou also.
Other examples for "tarry"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
tarry
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
tarry here
tarry long
tarry no
tarry a while
tarry too
More collocations
Translations for
tarry
Portuguese
permanecer
demorar
tardar
ficar
Catalan
trigar
voltar
demorar-se
retardar
endarrerir-se
dropejar
demorar
entretenir-se
pul·lular
Spanish
tardar
Tarry
through the time
Tarry
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common