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tare¹ Definition

tare (ter)

noun

  1. any of several vetches, esp. the common vetch (Vicia sativa)
  2. the seed of any of these plants
  3. Bible a noxious weed thought to be darnel: Matt. 13:25-40

Etymology: ME, small seed, vetch < or akin to MDu tarwe, wheat < IE base *derwā-, kind of grain > Sans drvā, millet grass: used in ME and Early ModE versions of N.T. to transl. LL(Ec) zizania, darnel

tare² Definition

tare (ter)

noun

  1. the weight of a container, wrapper, vehicle, etc. deducted from the total weight to determine the weight of the contents or load
  2. the deduction of this

Etymology: LME < MFr < It tara, prob. < Ar ṭaraḥa, to reject, throw, cast

transitive verb tared, tar′·ing

to find out, allow for, or mark the tare of

tare³ Definition

tare (ter)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Dialectal, Archaic tear

tare Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sow: The farmers sow some tares for seed, instead of pease; never for hay or soiling.
  • find: Where there is the true, you will always find the counterfeit and where there is wheat you will find the tares.
  • separate: To each his own pasturage, and the task of separating the tares from the wheat.
  • take: I found they favor many black baits, and will take tares in the early season, mirroring part of their natural diet.

Adjective modifier

  • slender: Although we found smooth tare we didn't find any of the slender tare that is supposed to grow in the same area.
  • hairy: There is evidence that hairy tare was a weed of crops in the Iron Age.

Modifies a noun

  • weight: The tare weights, where known, are given in brackets.
  • function: A tare function is included for weighing and similar applications.
  • forty: And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
  • seed: After 5 years burial in soil, hairy tare seeds still retained 50 % viability.
  • box: They must enter the weight found in the gross or tare box on the weighbridge ticket as appropriate.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Are not tares a hindrance, sharing the strength of the soil with the good seed, while they themselves are good for nothing?

Noun used with modifier

  • ton: Both Birdcage coaches are 54 ft. 1 ins. long and weigh 28 tons tare.
  • winter: They do not use winter tares for soiling, which is a barbarous neglect.
  • soil: The UK has the lowest soil tares and the highest delivery standards in the EU.