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"TARES" is a plural of: tare. |
Date "TARES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Tares the bearded darnel, mentioned only in Matt. 13:25-30. It is the Lolium temulentum, a species of rye-grass, the seeds of which are a strong soporific poison. It bears the closest resemblance to wheat till the ear appears, and only then the difference is discovered. It grows plentifully in Syria and Palestine. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inutility | Litter, rubbish, junk, lumber, odds and ends, cast-off clothes; button top; shoddy; rags, orts, trash, refuse, sweepings, scourings, offscourings, waste, rubble, debris, detritus; stubble, leavings; broken meat; dregs; (dirt); weeds, tares; rubbish heap, dust hole; rudera, deads. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: TARES |
| English words defined with "TARES": Popple. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tares (1918) | |
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| "TARES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "TARES" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 78.57% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tares | 9 |
tares wheat | 5 |
parable tares wheat | 3 |
bulba tares | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TARES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | нежелано нещо (white elephant), нежелани елементи. (various references) | |
Chinese | 稊 (grass, infantile, young), 包装重量 (tare). (various references) | |
German | tariert. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 玉石混交 (a jumble of wheat and tares, good and bad in a hopeless jumble), 玉石混淆 (a jumble of wheat and tares, good and bad in a hopeless jumble), 玉石 (gems and stones, pebble, wheat and tares). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎょくせき"""う (a jumble of wheat and tares, good and bad in a hopeless jumble), ぎょくせき (gems and stones, wheat and tares). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arestay.(various references) | |
Russian | плевелы. (various references) | |
Scottish | cogull (cockle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Vicia, zizania, zizaniorum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En de tw kaqeudein touV anqrwpouV hlqen autou o ecqroV kai espeiren zizania ana meson tou sitou kai aphlqen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cum autem dormirent homines venit inimicus eius et superseminavit zizania in medio tritici et abiit |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice þa þa men slepen. þa com hysfeonda sum & ofer-seow hit mid coccle onmiddam (sic) þam hwæte & ferden (sic) þanen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne men slepten, his enemy cam, and sewe aboue taris in the myddil of whete, and wente awei. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But whyll men slepte ther came his foo and sowed tares amoge ye wheate and wet his waye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and departed. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 13, Verse 25 |
| Cebuano | apan samtang nanagkatulog ang mga tawo, ang iyang kaaway miadto ug ang mga trigo gisaburan niyag mga liso sa bunglayon, ug unya mipahawa siya. |
| Croatian | Dok su njegovi ljudi spavali, doðe njegov neprijatelj, posije posred žita kukolj i ode. |
| Danish | Men medens Folkene sov, kom hans Fjende og såede Ugræs iblandt Hveden og gik bort. |
| Dutch | En als de mensen sliepen, kwam zijn vijand, en zaaide onkruid midden in de tarwe, en ging weg. |
| Finnish | Mutta ihmisten nukkuessa hänen vihamiehensä tuli ja kylvi lustetta nisun sekaan ja meni pois. |
| French | Mais, pendant que les gens dormaient, son ennemi vint, sema de l`ivraie parmi le blé, et s`en alla. |
| German | Da aber die Leute schliefen, kam sein Feind und säte Unkraut zwischen den Weizen und ging davon. |
| Hungarian | De mikor az emberek alusznak vala, eljöve az õ ellensége és konkolyt vete a búza közé, és elméne. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada suatu malam, ketika semua orang sedang tidur, musuh petani itu datang menabur benih alang-alang di antara gandum itu, lalu pergi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka sedang orang tidur, datanglah seterunya menabur pula benih lalang di dalam gandum itu, lalu ia pergi. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh choud as va sleih nyn gadley haink e noid, as chuirr eh coggyl mastey y churnaght, as jimmee eh roish. |
| Maori | A, i nga tangata e moe ana, ka haere mai tona hoariri, ruia iho he taru kino ki waenga witi, a haere ana. |
| Norwegian | men mens folkene sov, kom hans fiende og sådde ugress blandt hveten, og gikk så bort. |
| Portuguese | mas, enquanto os homens dormiam, veio o inimigo dele, semeou joio no meio do trigo, e retirou-se. |
| Rumanian | Dar, pe cknd dormeau oamenii, a venit vrqjmawul lui, a sqmqnat neghinq kntre grku, wi a plecat. |
| Russian | ЛПЗ"Б ЦЕ МА"Й У БМЙ, ТЙЫЕМ ЧТБЗ ЕЗП Й ПУЕСМ НЕЦ"Х ЫЕОЙ"ЕА МЕЧЕМЩ Й ХЫЕМ; |
| Shuar | Tura Ashí kanararmatai nemasri kashi taa trikiu arakmanum yajauch nupan aratak ikiukmiai. |
| Swahili | Lakini watu wakiwa wamelala, adui yake akaja akapanda magugu kati ya ngano, akaenda zake. |
| Swedish | men när folket sov, kom hans ovän och sådde ogräs mitt ibland vetet och gick sedan sin väg. |
| Uma | Rala-na hamengi bula tauna leta', rata bali' -na topobonea toei, mpohawui' bonea toe hante wua' kowo' to neo' hibalia pae poraui-na, pai' -i malai. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TARES": centares, hectares, hektares, outstares, stares, upstares. (additional references) | |
Words containing "TARES": votaress, votaresses. (additional references) | |
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"TARES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atrex, Etarras, tabes, tabrets, Tabrizi, Tadesse, tadre, taer, taes, taire, tairs, tajes, taras, tardes, tarea, tared, taree, tarei, tarek, tarel, taren, taret, tarets, tarey, tarle, tarrer, tarres, tartes, tarus, taser, tates, taure, tavras, Tawes, tdrs, tearers, teares, tearse, teres, terras, thress, tiraz, Tirez, tirs, toare, toras, tores, torez, traiz, treas, treass, tres, turse, tyres. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aster, rates, stare, tears. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ares, arse, arts, ates, ears, east, eats, eras, erst, etas, rase, rate, rats, rest, rets, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, star, tare, tars, tear, teas, tsar. | |
-2 letters: are, ars, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ers, eta, ras, rat, res, ret, sae, sat, sea, ser, set, tae, tar, tas, tea. | |
-3 letters: ae, ar, as. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: afters, airest, alerts, alters, antres, aretes, armets, arrest, artels, assert, astern, asters, averts, barest, baster, breast, carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, daters, derats, earths, easter, eaters, ersatz, estral, estray, extras, faster, gaster, grates, greats, haters, hearts, laster, master, maters, matres, oaters, orates, paster, paters, prates, ramets, rarest, raster, ratels, raters, rawest, reacts, reatas, recast, repast, reseat, retags, salter, satire, seater, skater, slater, stager, staler, stared, starer, stares, starve, stater, stayer, stelar, sterna, strafe, strake, streak, stream, striae, tabers, takers, talers, tamers, tapers, targes, tarres, taster, taters, tawers, taxers, teaser, terais, terras, tetras, traces, trades, trapes, traves, treads, treats, urates, vaster, waster, waters, yarest. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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