Gar
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws. Canada, US, especially
"Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies."
- 2 Initialism of glycineamide ribonucleotide. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters wordnet
- 4 A garfish, Belone belone. Ireland, UK, especially
- 5 Initialism of glutathione amide reductase. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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- 6 primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth wordnet
- 7 Initialism of gross annual revenue. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). UK, dialectal
"I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...]."
- 1 Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic. US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, obsolete
"He was a Yankee and they say he would not hang a man who had been in the G.A.R."
- 2 A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
"No crops had ever grown before at the high altitude of Menshih Township of Gar County at the foot of Kangtiszu Peak."
Example
More examples"Gladly pass the souls of the righteous to the golden seat of Ahura Mazda, to the golden seat of the Amesha-Spentas, to the Garô-nmânem, the abode of Ahura Mazda, the abode of the Amesha-Spentas, the abode of all the other holy beings."
Etymology
Clipping of garfish, from Middle English gare + fish.
From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare; but also Old Cornish gorra (“put, place, set”).
From Tibetan སྒར (sgar).
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