tare

English

/teː/, /tɛː/, /tɛɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
  • Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
  • (rare) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tare (vetch) inherited from Old English *taru inherited from *taru derived from Proto-Indo-European *der- (tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*der-

Gloss

tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb

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Kanji

泪, 涙

Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲

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