tarry

English Thesaurus

1. leave slowly and hesitantly (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	go away, go forth, leave,
definition	:	go away from a place (verb.motion)

2. be about (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	be,
definition	:	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	lurch, prowl,
definition	:	loiter about, with no apparent aim (verb.stative)

3. having the characteristics of pitch or tar (adj.all)

similar	:	adhesive,
definition	:	tending to adhere (adj.all)

4. leave slowly and hesitantly (verb.motion)

derivation	:	lingering, tarriance,
definition	:	the act of tarrying (noun.act)

5. be about (verb.stative)

derivation	:	dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope,
definition	:	someone who wastes time (noun.person)

derivation	:	lingerer, loiterer,
definition	:	someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place (noun.person)

6. having the characteristics of pitch or tar (adj.all)

derivation	:	resin, rosin,
definition	:	any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules (noun.substance)

derivation	:	pitch, tar,
definition	:	any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue (noun.substance)

7. leave slowly and hesitantly (verb.motion)

derivation	:	lingering, tarriance,
definition	:	the act of tarrying (noun.act)

8. be about (verb.stative)

derivation	:	dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope,
definition	:	someone who wastes time (noun.person)

derivation	:	lingerer, loiterer,
definition	:	someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place (noun.person)

9. having the characteristics of pitch or tar (adj.all)

derivation	:	resin, rosin,
definition	:	any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules (noun.substance)

derivation	:	pitch, tar,
definition	:	any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue (noun.substance)