JAR (jarred, jarring)

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Irregular inflected forms: jarred    , jarring   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jar mean? 

• JAR (noun)
  The noun JAR has 3 senses:

1. a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

2. the quantity contained in a jar

3. a sudden jarring impact

  Familiarity information: JAR used as a noun is uncommon.

• JAR (verb)
  The verb JAR has 5 senses:

1. be incompatible; be or come into conflict

2. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

3. shock physically

4. affect in a disagreeable way

5. place in a cylindrical vessel

  Familiarity information: JAR used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jar" is a kind of...):

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Meronyms (parts of "jar"):

mouth (the opening of a jar or bottle)

lid (a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jar"):

amphora (an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine)

beaker (a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry)

canopic jar; canopic vase (a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body)

cookie jar; cooky jar (a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden))

crock; earthenware jar (an earthen jar (made of baked clay))

cruse (small jar; holds liquid (oil or water))

jamjar; jampot (a jar for holding jellies or preserves)

Mason jar (a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning)

vase (an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers)

Derivation:

jar (place in a cylindrical vessel)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quantity contained in a jar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

jar; jarful

Context example:

he drank a jar of beer

Hypernyms ("jar" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Derivation:

jar (place in a cylindrical vessel)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sudden jarring impact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

jar; jolt; jounce; shock

Context example:

all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers

Hypernyms ("jar" is a kind of...):

blow; bump (an impact (as from a collision))

Derivation:

jar (move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion)

• JAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jar    ... he / she / it jars   
Past simple: jarred   
Past participle: jarred   
-ing form: jarring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be incompatible; be or come into conflict

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

clash; collide; jar

Context example:

These colors clash

Hypernyms (to "jar" is one way to...):

conflict (be in conflict)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

jar; jolt

Hypernyms (to "jar" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

jar (a sudden jarring impact)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shock physically

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bump around; jar; shake up

Context example:

Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game

Hypernyms (to "jar" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Affect in a disagreeable way

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

This play jarred the audience

Hypernyms (to "jar" is one way to...):

affect; impress; move; strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to jar Sue

Sense 5

Meaning:

Place in a cylindrical vessel

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

jar the jam

Hypernyms (to "jar" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They jar the goods

Derivation:

jar (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)

jar (the quantity contained in a jar)

 Context examples 

A violent jar or shock, or the condition which results from such an injury.

(Concussion, NCI Thesaurus)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Grip: are you able to open jars which have been previously opened?

(HAQ-DI - Able to Open Previously Opened Jars, NCI Thesaurus)

Late last month you might have had a jarring episode within the days that followed the new moon in Aquarius January 24.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But it seemed to him there was something in the recital that jarred upon his sense of beauty and life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a jar.

(Jar Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Aids or devices that you usually use for any of these activities - Jar opener (for jars previously opened).

(HAQ-DI - Aids or Devices - Jar Opener (Jars Previously Opened), NCI Thesaurus)

Each struck fire from the other's shield, and each endured the jarring shock as though welded to the horse beneath him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are my prisons, he continued, pointing to a row of bottles and jars which stood upon a side table.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was not six inches to spare in the breadth of the road, and every instant I expected to feel the jar of a locking wheel.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)