Tarred vs Tarre - What's the difference?
tarred | tarre |
(tar)
(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
Coal tar.
(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
(slang, dated) A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
black tar, a form of heroin
To coat with tar.
To besmirch.
(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
(computing) A file produced by such a program.
(computing) To create a tar archive.
(musical instruments) a Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus
(obsolete) To incite; to provoke; to spur on.
* 1659 , Richard Brome
As verbs the difference between tarred and tarre
is that tarred is past tense of tar while tarre is to incite; to provoke; to spur on.As a noun tarre is
obsolete form of lang=en.tarred
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* darter * retard * tradertar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at tree.Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)
Derived terms
* coal tar * mineral tar * tar board * Tar Heel * tar water * tarmacadam, tarmac * tarpaulin * wood tarVerb
- Although he was found innocent, the allegations had tarred his name.
Derived terms
* tar and feather * tar with the same brushEtymology 2
Abbreviation of tape archive .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l)Verb
Antonyms
*Anagrams
* * *Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)tarre
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Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
Etymology 2
Noun
- she takes not so much for curing a thousand mortal People, as I have spent in Turpentine and Tarre to keep my Flocklings cleanly in a Spring time.