Definitions for tarries

tarries tar·ry

Spelling: [tar-ee]
IPA: /ˈtær i/

Tarries is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in tarries (aeirrst).

Definitions for tarries

noun

  1. a stay; sojourn.

verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to wait for.

verb (used without object)

  1. to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn:
  2. to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter.
  3. to wait.

Origin of tarries

1275-1325; Middle English taryen to delay, tary a delay

Examples for tarries

She waits for Doon, her friend, but he tarries long and does not come.

But he, the man-child glorious,— Where tarries he the while?

Large is his score who tarries through the day, Who goes the soonest has the least to pay.

“Life flies apace and tarries not an hour,” she said, translating to me.

His appointment was for noon; he tarries, I fear, in the city.

One lyric only has been recovered, beginning, "Why tarries my love?"

If he tarries on the road, it will be at his peril; and give my compliments to Mr. Ferguson—or stay—Archie, write a word yourself.

How can one catch him who, like the wind, tarries never in one place?

He avoids the populous cities, and tarries not in the smiling villages.

Opposite the Wingates' cottage she tarries longer than elsewhere.

Word Value for tarries
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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