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Synonyms
jar1 (jär)

[Middle English jarre, a liquid measure, from Old French (from Provençal jarra), and from Medieval Latin jarra, both from Arabic jarra, earthen jar, from jarra, to draw, pull.]

noun 

  1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.
  2. The amount that a jar can hold.
  3. Chiefly British A glass of beer.

transitive verb: jarred, jar·ring, jars. 

To put into a jar.

derivatives

jaŕfuĺ
noun
jar2 (jär)

[Perhaps of imitative origin.]

verb: jarred, jar·ring, jars. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To make or utter a harsh sound.
  2. To be disturbing or irritating; grate: The incessant talking jarred on my nerves.
  3. To shake or shiver from impact.
  4. To clash or conflict: “We ourselves . . . often jar with the landscape” (Isak Dinesen)

transitive verb 

  1. To bump or cause to move or shake from impact.
  2. To startle or unsettle; shock.

noun 

  1. A jolt; a shock. See synonyms at collision
  2. Harsh or grating sound; discord.

derivatives

jaŕring·ly
adverb