HyperDic: jar

English > 8 senses of the word *jar*:
NOUN	artifact	jar	a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
	quantity	jar, jarful	the quantity contained in a jar
	event	jar, jolt, jounce, shock	a sudden jarring impact
VERB	stative	jar, clash, collide	be incompatible
	motion	jar, jolt	move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
	motion	jar, shake up, bump around	shock physically
	emotion	jar	affect in a disagreeable way
	contact	jar	place in a cylindrical vessel

jar > pronunciation
Sounds	jhaa'r
Rhymes	Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar...

English > *jar*: 8 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
Parts	lid	A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
Parts	mouth	The opening of a jar or bottle
Narrower	Mason jar	A glass jar with an air-tight screw top
	amphora	An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck
	beaker	A flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic
	canopic jar, canopic vase	A jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body
	cookie jar, cooky jar	A jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden)
	crock, earthenware jar	An earthen jar (made of baked clay)
	cruse	small jar
	jampot, jamjar	A jar for holding jellies or preserves
	vase	An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
Broader	vessel	An object used as a container (especially for liquids / liquids)
Spanish	bote, pote, tarro, vasija
Catalan	pot, terrina
Verbs	jar	place in a cylindrical vessel

English > *jar*: 8 senses > noun 2, quantity
Meaning	The quantity contained in a jar.
Example	"he drank a jar of beer"
Synonym	jarful
Broader	containerful	The quantity that a container will hold
Verbs	jar	place in a cylindrical vessel

English > *jar*: 8 senses > noun 3, event
Meaning	A sudden jarring impact.
Example	"all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
Synonyms	jolt, jounce, shock
Broader	blow, bump	An impact (as from a collision)
Spanish	choque, concusión, sacudida
Catalan	xoc
Verbs	jar	move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

English > *jar*: 8 senses > verb 1, stative
Meaning	Be incompatible; be or come into conflict.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	clash, collide
Broader	conflict	Be in conflict
Spanish	chocar, topar
Catalan	topar, xocar

English > *jar*: 8 senses > verb 2, motion
Meaning	Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Synonym	jolt
Broader	move	Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Spanish	agitar, sacudir
Catalan	agitar, sacsejar
Nouns	jar	a sudden jarring impact

English > *jar*: 8 senses > verb 3, motion
Meaning	Shock physically.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	shake up, bump around
Broader	move, displace	Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Spanish	conmocionar, sacudir

English > *jar*: 8 senses > verb 4, emotion
Meaning	affect in a disagreeable way.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	The performance is likely to jar Sue
Example	"This play jarred the audience"
Broader	affect, impress, move, strike	Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon

English > *jar*: 8 senses > verb 5, contact
Meaning	place in a cylindrical vessel.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They jar the goods
Example	"jar the jam"
Broader	put, set, place, pose, position, lay	Put into a certain place or abstract location
Nouns	jar	a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
Nouns	jar	the quantity contained in a jar

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