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Noun jar has 3 senses
- jar - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
--1 is a kind of vessel
--1 has part: lid; mouth
--1 has particulars:
- jar, jarful - the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer"
--2 is a kind of containerful
- jolt, jar, jounce - a sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt"
--3 is a kind of bump, blow
Verb jar has 5 senses
- clash, jar, collide - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"
--1 is one way to conflict
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- jolt, jar - move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- jar, shake up, bump around - shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- jar - affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience"
--4 is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to jar Sue
- jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"
--5 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
They jar the goods
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