tar
/tɑɹ/ verb C2- To coat with tar.
- To besmirch. · The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.
He/she/it tars · Past tarred · Past participle tarred · -ing form tarring
Verb forms
- Base form
- tar
- He/she/it
- tars
- Past
- tarred
- Past participle
- tarred
- -ing form
- tarring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Were hunter, soldier, tar,
Returning to France, I spent some months in a research into the coal-tar derivatives, which I conducted in a laboratory at Montpellier, in the south of France.
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