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remain
English
Etymology
From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remane?, mane?, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).
Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English bel?fan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???me?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Hyphenation: re?main
Noun
remain (plural remains)
- (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
- (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
- (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.
Translations
Verb
remain (third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)
- To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed
- (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
- , Book I
- That […] remains to be proved.
- , Book I
- To await; to be left to.
- (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
Synonyms
- (to stay behind while others withdraw): linger, stay, tarry; See also Thesaurus:stay behind
- (to be left over after a portion is removed): rest, stay; See also Thesaurus:remain
- (to continue unchanged): endure, last, stay; See also Thesaurus:persist
- (to await; to be left to): await, bide, wait; See also Thesaurus:wait for
- (to continue in a state of being): stay
- belave
Derived terms
- remain to be seen
Translations
Anagrams
- Amrine, Armine, Mainer, Marine, Marnie, Merina, Minear, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, mainer, marine
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tarry
English
Alternative forms
- tarrow (Scotland)
Etymology 1
From Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirian, tir?an, ter?an (“to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite”), from Proto-Germanic *tergan?, *targijan? (“to pull, tease, irritate”), from Proto-Indo-European *dereg?- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Dutch tergen (“to provoke”), German zergen (“to vex, irritate, provoke”), Norwegian Bokmål terge (“to irritate, provoke”), Russian ??????? (djórgat?, “to pull, yank, jerk, pluck up”). Compare also Walloon tårdjî (“to be late, to be slow, to wait”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæ.?i/, enPR: t?r'?
- Rhymes: -æri
Verb
tarry (third-person singular simple present tarries, present participle tarrying, simple past and past participle tarried) (dated)
- (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- Synonyms: forestall, put off; see also Thesaurus:procrastinate
- (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
- Synonym: abide
- (intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
- Synonyms: hang about, hang around, linger, loiter; see also Thesaurus:tarry
- (intransitive) To stay somewhere temporarily.
- Synonyms: sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop over; see also Thesaurus:sojourn
- (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
- Synonyms: await, wait on; see also Thesaurus:wait for
Translations
Noun
tarry (plural tarries)
- A sojourn.
- Synonyms: stay, stop, stop-over
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English terrie, equivalent to tar +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t???i/, enPR: tär'?
- Rhymes: -??ri
Adjective
tarry (comparative tarrier, superlative tarriest)
- Resembling tar.
- Synonym: pitchy
- Covered with tar.
- Synonyms: bituminized, pitchy
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “tarry”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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