tar in English

tar

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adj. of, like, or covered with tar.

tar

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expr. beat (or knock, whip, or whale) the tar out of, (Informal.) to beat unmercifully.
Ex. If he was sore at me for something, he'd save up ... , then beat the tar out of me (New Yorker).

tar

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expr. tar and feather, to pour heated tar on and cover with feathers as a punishment.
Ex. If I escape from town without being tarred and feathered, I shall consider it good luck (Hawthorne).

tar

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expr. tar with (a specified) brush, to disgrace in some way; stigmatize.
Ex. [He] intends to tar his opponent with the Tory brush (London Times).

tar

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expr. tarred with the same brush (or stick), having similar faults or defects.
Ex. They are all tarred with the same stick, rank Jacobites and Papists (Scott).

tar

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noun tarrer.

tar

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noun 1. a dark-brown or black, sticky substance obtained by distillation, especially of wood or coal. Tar is used to cover and patch roads and to keep telephone poles and other timber from rotting.
2. a brownish-black substance produced by the bur

tar

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tar (1), noun, verb, tarred,tarring,adjective.

tar

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tar (2), noun.
a sailor or seaman; Jack tar.

tar

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tar (3), transitive verb, tarred,tarring.
to incite; provoke; hound (on).
Ex. The cries, the squealings of children, ... tarring them on, as the rabble does when dogs fight (Carlyle).

tar

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v.t. 1. to cover or smear with tar; soak in tar. Tarred paper is used on sheds to keep out water.
Ex. The street in front of our house is tarred.
2. (Figurative.) to dirty as with tar; soil; smear.
Ex. If it [the policy] goes badly, pe