Jar - English meaning

verb

Make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious.

Usage examples:

Military action would only aggravate the situation

verb

To make something bad worse

Usage examples:

Road repair work has aggravated the problem of traffic congestion., it really aggravates me when th…

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

verb

To make someone slightly angry or upset

Usage examples:

I know you’re doing this only to annoy me., [ u ] as soon as he saw me, a look of annoyance crossed…

noun

A sudden loud, sharp noise.

Usage examples:

The door slammed with a bang

verb

Strike or put down (something) forcefully and noisily.

Usage examples:

He began to bang the table with his fist

adverb

Exactly.

Usage examples:

The train arrived bang on time

noun

A round or cylindrical container used for storing such things as food, chemicals, or rolls of film.

Usage examples:

Pill bottles or film canisters make excellent storage containers for seeds.

noun

A container with a cover, used for storing foods or objects

Usage examples:

I bought brightly colored canisters to hold sugar and flour.

noun

An object for holding or transporting something.

Usage examples:

The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container

noun

A cream or milk substitute for adding to coffee or tea.

Usage examples:

Alex prayed that dan hadn't used the milk for creamer in his coffee.

noun

A small pitcher for serving cream

noun

A powder that is added to hot drinks instead of milk or cream

Usage examples:

We don't have any more milk - would you like some creamer instead?

noun

An earthenware pot or jar.

Usage examples:

The runner beans were then packed in layers of salt in large crocks

verb

Injure (a person or part of the body).

Usage examples:

He crocked a shoulder in the test against south africa

noun

A container made of baked clay

Usage examples:

Dad kept sauerkraut in a twenty-gallon crock., they claimed they wrote that song? what a crock!

noun

A stoppered glass container into which wine or spirit is decanted.

Usage examples:

Of special interest to irish collectors will be a number of silver wine labels and glass decanters …

verb

Disturb or agitate (someone).

Usage examples:

Nothing could discompose her

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

verb

To cause someone to stop what the person is doing, or to interrupt an activity

Usage examples:

Please don’t disturb jimmy – he’s trying to do his homework., this year’s election campaign has dis…

verb

To interrupt what someone is doing

Usage examples:

Please don't disturb your sister - she's trying to do her homework., i'm sorry to disturb you so la…

noun

A percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends.

Usage examples:

A shuffling dance to the beat of a drum

verb

Play on a drum or drums.

Usage examples:

He channelled his energies into drumming with local groups

noun

A long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.

noun

A large jug with a wide mouth, formerly used for carrying water.

Usage examples:

Various black-clad servants bustled about the room and began carrying in trays of food and ewers of…

noun

A large jug with a wide spout, especially from ancient times

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

verb

To cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone

Usage examples:

His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him.

noun

A large container in which drink is served, typically with a handle and spout.

Usage examples:

A silver flagon

noun

A large container for especially alcoholic drink, used in the past

Usage examples:

A flagon of wine

noun

A container for liquids.

Usage examples:

One of the flasks holds an oily liquid approximating to coffee while the other holds almost-boiling…

noun

A small bottle that has a narrow neck

noun

A small container, usually with a wide base and a narrow neck

Usage examples:

A flask of water

verb

Irritate; annoy.

Usage examples:

It irks her to think of the runaround she received

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

verb

To annoy or make angry

Usage examples:

After a while the noise began to irritate him., at first my contact lenses irritated my eyes.

verb

Make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one.

Usage examples:

A bell jangled loudly

noun

A ringing metallic sound.

Usage examples:

The shrill jangle of the door bell

verb

To make a noise like metal hitting metal

Usage examples:

[ i ] the phone jangled insistently.

noun

A quick, sharp, sudden movement.

Usage examples:

He gave a sudden jerk of his head

verb

Move or cause to move with a jerk.

Usage examples:

The van jerked forward

verb

Season or marinate (meat or fish) in a blend of chilli, allspice, and other ingredients and barbecue it over a wood fire.

Usage examples:

If they didn't use pimento to jerk the chicken it's not the original jamaican jerk chicken

verb

Push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly.

Usage examples:

A surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards

noun

An abrupt rough or violent movement.

Usage examples:

He felt a jolt when the plane started to climb

verb

Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

noun

A large bowl or jug used for serving drinks such as tea or punch.

Usage examples:

Most of these already hefty meals were ‘washed down’ with jorums of ultra-sweet beverages, notably …

noun

A cylindrical container with a handle and a lip, used for holding and pouring liquids.

Usage examples:

Place the lavender flowers in a wide jug and pour the cream over them.

verb

Stew or boil (a hare or rabbit) in a covered container.

Usage examples:

I remember still the rich, dense jugged hare i ate then, served from its own shining copper pot; 25…

noun

A large bottle with a narrow mouth

noun

A herbaceous plant which has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs.

Usage examples:

These so-called host plants include many broadleaf weeds and cover crops such as nettles, mallow, c…

verb

Irritate or annoy (someone).

Usage examples:

‘i was only asking,’ jess said, nettled

noun

A wild plant with heart-shaped leaves that are covered in hairs that sting (= cause a painful reaction when touched)

Usage examples:

Stinging nettles, nettle soup/tea, she looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption.

noun

A large jug.

Usage examples:

Carrying a glass pitcher full of dark-brown liquid, with a healthy head of foam on it, he places it…

noun

The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

Usage examples:

The catcher has to stay within the box until the pitcher delivers the ball.

noun

A container for liquids with a handle on one side and a shaped opening at the top of the other side for pouring

noun

A rounded or cylindrical container, typically of metal, used for cooking.

Usage examples:

Pots and pans hung from a rack

verb

Plant in a flowerpot.

Usage examples:

Pot individual cuttings as soon as you see new young leaves

noun

Cannabis.

Usage examples:

We smoked pot at football games

verb

Make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds.

Usage examples:

The roof rattled with little gusts of wind

noun

A rapid succession of short, sharp, sounds.

Usage examples:

The rattle of teacups on the tray

verb

Make a series of short, loud sounds

noun

A hollow object used to contain something.

Usage examples:

Fast-food receptacles

noun

A container for holding things or that you can put things in

Usage examples:

A trash receptacle

noun

A place where or receptacle in which things are or may be stored.

Usage examples:

A deep repository for nuclear waste

noun

A place where things are stored

Usage examples:

A nuclear waste repository, fig. the proverbs amounted to a repository of wisdom.

noun

A place in which water is collected; a reservoir; a cistern, a tank. also (occasionally): a receptacle for any liquid.

adjective

Having the effect of reserving something.

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or irritated.

Usage examples:

He has been riled by suggestions that his arsenal future is in doubt

verb

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate.

Usage examples:

Buildings shook in sacramento and tremors were felt in reno

noun

An act of shaking.

Usage examples:

She gave her red curls a shake

verb

Move or cause to move back and forth

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

noun

A tall, rounded vase with a stem and base, especially one used for storing the ashes of a cremated person.

Usage examples:

Richly glazed and often spectacularly potted, the sources for these works include anglo-saxon crema…

verb

Place in an urn.

noun

A large, round container from which coffee or tea is served, or a decorative container, esp. one that holds the ashes of the body of a dead person after it has been cremated (= burned)

noun

A ship or large boat.

Usage examples:

The bridge only opens with two keys, at the moment it is high and open, which would allow ships and…

noun

A large boat or ship

Usage examples:

A scattering of vessels anchored in the harbor., we used bowls, pots, bottles, pitchers – any vesse…

noun

A large boat or a ship

Usage examples:

Two tugboats guided the 70,000 ton vessel into port., a cargo/container/freight vessel, a commercia…

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.

Usage examples:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him

adjective

Angry; annoyed.

Usage examples:

I ain't vex with you

verb

To cause someone to feel annoyance or trouble

Usage examples:

The question that vexes ben the most is, "why me?", rising gas prices are a vexing problem.

verb

Move continuously and rapidly to and fro.

Usage examples:

The cabin started to vibrate

verb

To move quickly backward and forward, or to cause something to shake

Usage examples:

[ i ] musical sounds are produced when the strings of the piano vibrate., [ i ] a thundering boom m…