tare
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /teː/, /teə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɛː/, /tɛə/
- (US) IPA(key): /tɛɚ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
- Homophones: tear
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English tare (“vetch”), from Old English *taru, from Proto-Germanic *tarwō (compare Dutch tarwe (“wheat”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dŕ̥Hweh₂ (compare Lithuanian dirvà (“field”), Russian дере́вня (derévnja, “village, thorp”), Ancient Greek δάρατος (dáratos, “bread”), Sanskrit दूर्वा (dū́rvā, “panic grass, millet”), Welsh drewg (“darnel”)).
Noun[edit]
tare (plural tares)
- (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
- Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
- (rare, figuratively) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
- Matthew 13:25 (KJV)
- But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
- 1985, John Fowles, A Maggot:
- I saw as I thought an uncle and guardian who has led a sober, industrious and Christian life and finds himself obliged to look on the tares of folly in his own close kin.
- Matthew 13:25 (KJV)
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Etymology 2[edit]
Middle French tare, from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”).[1]
Noun[edit]
tare (plural tares)
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Verb[edit]
tare (third-person singular simple present tares, present participle taring, simple past and past participle tared)
- (chiefly business and law) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
- 1886, Records of the History, Laws, Regulations, and Statistics of the Tobacco Trade of the United Kingdom, p. 86,
- he is […] to tare such number of bales as may be deemed necessary to settle the net weight for duty.
- 1886, Records of the History, Laws, Regulations, and Statistics of the Tobacco Trade of the United Kingdom, p. 86,
- (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
- 2003, Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math, CSHL Press, p. 63,
- Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing.
- 2003, Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math, CSHL Press, p. 63,
Usage notes[edit]
- In measuring instruments other than balances, this process is usually called zeroing.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to set a zero value): zero
Translations[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
tare
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
tare (uncountable)
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin tara or Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْح (ṭarḥ, “rubbish, refuse”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “reject, deduct”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tare f (plural tares)
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Further reading[edit]
- “tare” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -are
Noun[edit]
tare f
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
tare
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English *taru, from Proto-Germanic *tarwō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Vetch or tare; a member of the genus Vicia.
- The seed of vetch, especially referring to something worthless.
- (rare) Lolium temulentum (poison darnel).
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “tā̆r(e (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-22.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tālem, accusative of tālis. The sense of "distinguished" or "so great / excellent" in Latin probably eventually became "strong" in earlier Romanian, finally taking on the more literal meaning of "hard" or "tough". Compare also atare.
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Adjective[edit]
tare m, f, n (plural tari)
- (of a material) hard, tough, solid
- (of a person) strong
- (of a voice) loud, strong, powerful
- fierce, vehement, intense, vigorous
- mighty, durable, lasting, sturdy
- (colloquial) cool
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Adverb[edit]
tare
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Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
tare
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