jar
1. a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
vessel
• Hyponyms:
amphora, beaker, canopic jar, canopic vase, cookie jar,
cooky jar, crock, earthenware jar, cruse, jampot, jamjar,
Mason jar, vase
• Part Meronyms:
lid, mouth
2. the quantity contained in a jar
- he drank a jar of beer
• Syn:
jarful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
3. a sudden jarring impact
- the door closed with a jolt
- all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
• Syn:
jolt, jounce, shock
• Derivationally related forms:
jolt (for: jolt)
• Hypernyms:
blow, bump
1. be incompatible;
be or come into conflict (Freq. 1)
- These colors clash
• Syn:
clash, collide
• Derivationally related forms:
collision (for: collide), clash (for: clash)
• Hypernyms:
conflict
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
jolt
• Derivationally related forms:
jolt (for: jolt)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. shock physically
- Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game
• Syn:
shake up, bump around
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. affect in a disagreeable way
- This play jarred the audience
• Hypernyms:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to jar Sue
5. place in a cylindrical vessel
- jar the jam
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They jar the goods
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