| VERB | stative | tarry, loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | be about |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | tarry, linger | leave slowly and hesitantly | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | tarry, pitchy, resinous, resiny | having the characteristics / characteristics of pitch or tar |
| Sounds | teh'riy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | Having the characteristics / characteristics of pitch or tar. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | pitchy, resinous, resiny | |
| Broader | adhesive | tending to adhere |
| Spanish | alquitranado, embreado, resinoso | |
| Catalan | embreat, enquitranat, resinós | |
| Meaning | Be about. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around | |
| Narrower | prowl, lurch | loiter about, with no apparent aim |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | acechar, dar vueltas, demorarse, entretenerse, holgazanear, merodear, perder el tiempo, permanecer, pulular, quedarse, vagar | |
| Catalan | demorar-se, dropejar, entretenir-se, gandulejar, pul·lular, voltar | |
| Meaning | Leave slowly and hesitantly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | linger | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Spanish | demorarse, quedarse atrás, tardar | |
| Catalan | demorar-se, demorar, endarrerir-se, retardar, trigar | |
| Nouns | tarriance | the act of tarrying |
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