jar
To preserve in a jarTo preserve (food) in a jar.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To preserve (food) in a jar.
(transitive)To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
erschüttern, rütteln
(transitive)To harm or injure by such action.
(figuratively, transitive)To shock or surprise.
I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.
shock physically
(figuratively, transitive)To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
(ambitransitive)To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
The clashing notes jarred on my ears.
scheppern
(intransitive)To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
(figuratively, intransitive)Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
Examples
226 sentencesTom tried to open the jar.
Том спробував відкрити банку. — deniko
Tom opened the jar for me.
Том відкрив мені банку. — deniko
ruТом открыл мне банку. — marafon
How many beans are in the jar?
Скільки в банці бобів? — deniko
Tom is still trying to open the jar.
Том і досі намагається відкрити банку. — deniko
There's a label on the jar.
На банці є етикетка. — deniko
ruНа банке есть наклейка. — soweli_Elepanto
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English jarre (“jar”), from Medieval Latin jarra, or from Middle FreInherited from Middle English jarre (“jar”), from Medieval Latin jarra, or from Middle French jarre (“liquid measure”) (from Old French jare; modern French jarre (“earthenware jar”)), or from Spanish jarra, jarro (“jug, pitcher; mug, stein”), all from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).
From earlier jar, jur, jarre, jurre, of uncertain origin. Possibly from earlier *char, *chur, *charre, *churre (now spelt chirr, churr (“to make a sound”); compare also nightjar and its variant nightchurr), from Middle English *chirren, *cherren, *churren (“to sound, cry, murmur, complain”), from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, gripe, complain with just cause”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”). For the change of ch to j, compare also charm, jarm (“chirping”); achar, ajar (“slightly turned or open”), chaw, jaw, etc. The noun is derived from the verb.
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Forms
jars, jarring, jarred, jarredSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
8 patterns- open the jar
- open this jar
- the jar so
- this jar for
- in the jar
- cookie jar
- get the jar
- jar open