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[gahr] 
–noun, plural (especially collectively
) gar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gars.
) gar, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gars. | 1. | Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth. |
| 2. | needlefish (def. 1). |
gar
2 [gahr] –verb (used with object), garred, gar⋅ring.
| 1. | Scot. to compel or force (someone) to do something. |
| 2. | Scot. and North England Obsolete. to do, perform, or cause. |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME geren, garren, gairen < ON gera to do, make; akin to OE gearwian to prepare
1250–1300; ME geren, garren, gairen < ON gera to do, make; akin to OE gearwian to prepare
gar.
G.A.R.
| Grand Army of the Republic. |
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| gar 1 (gär) n.
[Short for garfish.] |
| gar 2 (gär) tr.v. garred, gar·ring, gars Scots To cause or compel. [Middle English geren, from Old Norse gera, to make.] |
| GAR abbr. Grand Army of the Republic |
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Gar
Gar\, n. [Prob. AS. g[=a]r dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore, v.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish. (b) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike. Gar pike, or Garpike (Zo["o]l.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.Gar
Gar\, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.] To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.
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Language Translation for : gar
Spanish:
a lo largo de,
German:
entlang,
Japanese:
～に沿って
gar
"pike-like fish," 1765, Amer.Eng., shortening of garfish (c.1440), from O.E. gar "spear," from P.Gmc. *gaizo- (cf. O.N. geirr, O.H.G. ger, Ger. Ger "spear").
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| gar garden |
| GAR Grand Army of the Republic |
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