Meaning of "tar" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAR

Old English teoru; related to Old Frisian tera, Old Norse tjara, Middle Low German tere tar, Gothic triu tree.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TAR

tar  [tɑː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAR

Tar is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tar in English.

WHAT DOES TAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tar

Tar is a substance obtained from a variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. It is black, and a mixture of hydrocarbons and free carbon. Production and trade in pine-derived tar was a major contributor in the economies of Northern Europe and Colonial America. Its main use was in preserving wooden vessels against rot. The largest user was the Royal Navy. Demand for tar declined with the advent of iron and steel ships. Tar-like products can also be produced from other forms of organic matter such as peat. Mineral products resembling tar can be produced from fossil hydrocarbons including petroleum. Coal tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production. Bitumen is a term used for natural deposits of oil "tar" – such as at the La Brea Tar Pits.

Definition of tar in the English dictionary

The definition of tar in the dictionary is any of various dark viscid substances obtained by the destructive distillation of organic matter such as coal, wood, or peat. Other definition of tar is to coat with tar.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TAR

PRESENT

Present

I tar

you tar

he/she/it tars

we tar

you tar

they tar

Present continuous

I am tarring

you are tarring

he/she/it is tarring

we are tarring

you are tarring

they are tarring

Present perfect

I have tarred

you have tarred

he/she/it has tarred

we have tarred

you have tarred

they have tarred

Present perfect continuous

I have been tarring

you have been tarring

he/she/it has been tarring

we have been tarring

you have been tarring

they have been tarring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tarred

you tarred

he/she/it tarred

we tarred

you tarred

they tarred

Past continuous

I was tarring

you were tarring

he/she/it was tarring

we were tarring

you were tarring

they were tarring

Past perfect

I had tarred

you had tarred

he/she/it had tarred

we had tarred

you had tarred

they had tarred

Past perfect continuous

I had been tarring

you had been tarring

he/she/it had been tarring

we had been tarring

you had been tarring

they had been tarring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tar

you will tar

he/she/it will tar

we will tar

you will tar

they will tar

Future continuous

I will be tarring

you will be tarring

he/she/it will be tarring

we will be tarring

you will be tarring

they will be tarring

Future perfect

I will have tarred

you will have tarred

he/she/it will have tarred

we will have tarred

you will have tarred

they will have tarred

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tarring

you will have been tarring

he/she/it will have been tarring

we will have been tarring

you will have been tarring

they will have been tarring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tar

you would tar

he/she/it would tar

we would tar

you would tar

they would tar

Conditional continuous

I would be tarring

you would be tarring

he/she/it would be tarring

we would be tarring

you would be tarring

they would be tarring

Conditional perfect

I would have tar

you would have tar

he/she/it would have tar

we would have tar

you would have tar

they would have tar

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tarring

you would have been tarring

he/she/it would have been tarring

we would have been tarring

you would have been tarring

they would have been tarring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tar
we let´s tar
you tar

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tar

Past participle

tarred

Present Participle

tarring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF TAR

Find out the translation of tar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tar» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 沥青
• Translator English - Spanish: alquitrán
• English: tar
• Translator English - Hindi: टार
• Translator English - Arabic: القطران
• Translator English - Russian: тар
• Translator English - Portuguese: piche
• Translator English - Bengali: আলকাতরা
• Translator English - French: goudron
• Translator English - Malay: Tar
• Translator English - German: Teer
• Translator English - Japanese: タール
• Translator English - Korean: 타르
• Translator English - Javanese: Tar
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tar
• Translator English - Tamil: தார்
• Translator English - Marathi: टार
• Translator English - Turkish: katran
• Translator English - Italian: catrame
• Translator English - Polish: tar
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тар
• Translator English - Romanian: gudron
• Translator English - Greek: πίσσα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: teer
• Translator English - Swedish: tjära
• Translator English - Norwegian: tjære

10 QUOTES WITH «TAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tar.

1

Bono

Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics.

2

Bert Campaneris

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.

3

John Cena

My favorite thing about 'Saturday Night's Main Event,' it was that one time where I could stay up late with my dad and four brothers, and we would all beat the tar out of each other while the show was on, and it was all okay because my dad was a wrestling fan.

4

Sheri L. Dew

Being steadfast and immovable with our heels in tar on the Lord's side of the line is the only strategy that works long-term against Lucifer.

5

Josh Fox

We need policy change, and the most important thing people can do is to contribute and participate in the political process. We have to vote climate change deniers and people who will create subsidies for the fossil fuel industry out of office. We have to protest when bad decisions are being made about fracking or tar sands.

6

Theaster Gates

My first experience with the creative was mopping tar. If you let the tar sit, it can get cold pretty quickly. And because the mops are so heavy, you've got to dip it and then ride it really fast.

7

William E. Geist

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.

8

Jeff Goodell

Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

9

Barry Hannah

Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.

10

James Hansen

What makes tar sands particularly odious is that the energy you get out in the end, per unit carbon dioxide, is poor. It's equivalent to burning coal in your automobile.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAR»

Discover the use of tar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD SCHREYER, FORMER MANITOBA PREMIER AND GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, 2004 ALBERTA POLITICIANS AND many oil executives tout the tar sands as a global energy lifesaver.

Andrew Nikiforuk, 2010

Tar Baby

Ravishingly beautiful and emotionally incendiary, Tar Baby is Toni Morrison’s reinvention of the love story.

Toni Morrison, 2007

Tar Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus

Fifteen rhymes and eleven songs of Uncle Remus, including the Tar-Baby story in rhymed form.

Joel Chandler Harris, 2005

Tar Creek: A History of the Quapaw Indians, the World's ...

Organically encompassed in this tale are the first footsteps of the American Indian in the Western Hemisphere, the founding of the United States, and the transition of Indian Territories into statehood.

Larry G. Johnson, 2009

Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl

In this retelling, using Gullah speech, of a familiar story the wily Brer Rabbit outwits Brer Fox who has set out to trap him.

‎2003

Tar Heel Ghosts

More than merely entertaining, Tar Heel Ghosts aims to?and does?capture the "spirit" of North Carolina's past. Tar Heel Ghosts, which is a volume of episodes of ghost lores.

John Harden, 1980

Tar Heel Laughter

One of the few books concerned solely with the humor of a single state, this volume includes samples of what North Carolinians have laughed at -- and with -- from 1709 to the present.

Richard Walser, 1983

The Tar Baby Option: American Policy toward Southern Rhodesia

The book provides information essential to an understanding of the American approach to the current crisis in the region.

Anthony Lake, 2013

Revolt of the Tar Heels: The North Carolina Populist ...

The book closes with an analysis of the virulent campaign of white supremacy engineered by threatened Democrats and the ultimate downfall of already quarreling Populists and Republicans.

James M. Beeby, 2008

North Carolina Tar Heels: Where Have You Gone?

Profiles of UNC basketball players from 1955 to 2001.

Scott Fowler, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tar is used in the context of the following news items.

Volunteers scour Long Beach shoreline for tar balls

The volunteers stood several feet apart, like a police line on the sand. Members of the Community Emergency Response Team, they were armed Thursday ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»

Tar balls in South Bay: Beaches closed until further notice

South Bay beaches spotted with tar balls will remain closed until further notice due to ongoing efforts to clean the coastline and reduce the risk to public safety. «Los Angeles Times, May 15»

North Carolina Basketball: Final Grades for the Tar Heels' 2014-15 …

A wealth of talent, a deeper lineup than the year before and an abundance of size inside made it seem possible that the Tar Heels could go further, yet after all ... «Bleacher Report, Mar 15»

Badgers rally past Tar Heels into Elite Eight

Paige finished with 12 points — he averaged 17.0 points in the Tar Heels' first two tournament games — and made just 4 of 11 shots. Bronson Koenig fouled out ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mar 15»

Wisconsin Badgers vs. North Carolina Tar Heels Sweet 16 Betting …

The No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels are 9-0 SU and 6-3 ATS in nine trips to the Sweet 16 since 1996. UNC will be in the underdog role this Thursday going up ... «SB Nation, Mar 15»

NCAA Tournament preview: No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels vs. No …

The Tar Heels are 110-43 all time, with five national championships and 18 Final ... The Tar Heels have not been to the Final Four since winning the national ... «SportingNews.com, Mar 15»

UNC Tar Heels lacking star power compared with rival Duke Blue …

The Tar Heels recruited well enough last season, at least. The team's three freshmen – Joel Berry, Justin Jackson and Theo Pinson – were all ranked among the ... «Charlotte Observer, Mar 15»

UNC runs Dean Smith's Four Corners

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina honored late Tar Heels coach Dean Smith by running his Four Corners offense to open Saturday's 89-60 win over Georgia ... «ESPN, Feb 15»

MEN'S BASKETBALL: DUKE 92, NORTH CAROLINA 90 (OT)

With junior guard Marcus Paige guarded so tightly he fell, the Tar Heels scrambled to get a shot off, one that clanked off the rim moments after J.P. Tokoto's ... «The Daily Tar Heel, Feb 15»

North Carolina basketball legend Dean Smith, who was 'loyal to a …

Both of her parents were Tar Heels, and Dean just made sense. But she didn't know her father would send Dean a copy of her essay — which was written with ... «The Daily Tar Heel, Feb 15»