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1  [tahr] ,noun, verb, tarred, tar⋅ring, adjective
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–noun
1. any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
2. coal-tar pitch.
3. smoke solids or components: cigarette tar.
–verb (used with object)
4. to smear or cover with or as if with tar.
–adjective
5. of or characteristic of tar.
6. covered or smeared with tar; tarred.
—Idioms
7. beat, knock, or whale the tar out of, Informal. to beat mercilessly: The thief had knocked the tar out of the old man and left him for dead.
8. tar and feather,
a. to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment or humiliation.
b. to punish severely: She should be tarred and feathered for what she has done.
9. tarred with the same brush, possessing the same shortcomings or guilty of the same misdeeds: The whole family is tarred with the same brush.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME tarr(e), ter(re), OE teru; c. D, G teer, ON tjara; akin to tree; (v.) ME terren, OE tierwian, deriv. of the n.
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tar 1   (tär)   
n.  

  1. A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.

  2. Coal tar.

  3. A solid residue of tobacco smoke containing byproducts of combustion.

tr.v.   tarred, tar·ring, tars
To coat with or as if with tar.

[Middle English, from Old English teru; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tar
Pronunciation: 'tär
Function: noun
1 : any of various dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquids obtained bydestructive distillation of organic material (as wood, coal, or peat); especially : one used medicinally tar —The Medicine Show> —see JUNIPER TAR
2 : a substance in some respects resembling tar; especially : a condensable residue present in smoke from burning tobacco that contains combustion by-products (as resins, acids, phenols,and essential oils)
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tar   (tär)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.

  2. See coal tar.

  3. A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.


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Idioms & Phrases

tarred with the same brush

Having the same faults or bad qualities, as in He may be lazy, but if you ask me his friends are all tarred with the same brush. This term is thought to come from sheep farming, where the animals' sores were treated by brushing tar over them, and all the sheep in a flock were treated in the same way. The term was transferred to likeness in human beings in the early 1800s.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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