tars 1 of 2

noun

plural of tar
as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel a book about the adventurous lives of tars, skippers, and pirates of the 18th century

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tars

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verb

variants or tarres
present tense third-person singular of tar
as in pollutes

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Recent Examples of tars
Noun
Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing. — R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026 The entire point of e-cigarettes is the health advantages gained by removing tars and other carcinogens from the smoke. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tars
  1. sailors
  2. pollutes
  3. mariners
  4. soils
  5. salts
  6. dirties
  7. navigators
  8. smears
Noun
  • But the sailors were too numbed with the cold to attempt going forward to secure it.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy’s top civilian leader said this week.
    — Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of sailors
Verb
  • The usual analogy is that generative AI and LLMs are akin to a factory that pollutes local waters.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Chenab River runs red with blood while poison pollutes the five rivers of Punjab and spreads through the fertile soil.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of pollutes
Noun
  • Seas will also begin to lower as the nor'easter pulls away, but inexperienced mariners and small vessels are encouraged to stay docked on Monday as rough seas and gusty winds are still likely.
    — Sarah Wroblewski, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • For example, Kingsborough Community College, located in South Brooklyn, where the Sheepshead and Jamaica Bays meet the Atlantic Ocean, operates a maritime technology program that is training the next generation of local mariners.
    — Julie Raskin, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of mariners
Verb
  • Volcanic vineyard soils on display at Omina Romana.
    — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • At one point, the prisoner soils himself, prompting a vomitous reaction.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of soils
Noun
  • Fine salts, like fine sea salt and iodized, are usually even denser than Morton Kosher, so for a recipe that calls for 1 tsp.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The plumes shooting upward from the ocean also contain trace amounts of salts and organic compounds.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of salts
Verb
  • The adventurous actress dirties up her frock and face to play the village pariah, who reeks of fish and would be no man’s idea of a suitable wife, except perhaps the one-eyed bum who sleeps in the town square.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of dirties
Noun
  • Recent job postings for navigators promote salaries of roughly $40,000 to $50,000 a year.
    — Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The largest group, 101 new Hope navigators classified by the state as senior human services program analysts, came out of local eligibility offices.
    — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of navigators
Verb
  • Darker smears around the crater’s rim contain surface rocks and lunar dust called regolith previously altered by solar winds, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation over an extended period of time.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The atmosphere works on them a little bit harder and reduces their strength and smears them a little bit more.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of smears

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“Tars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tars. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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