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ajar
Adverb
  • Slightly turned or opened.
Adjective
  • Slightly turned or opened.
Verb
  • To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar. rare, perhaps nonstandard
Adverb
  • Out of harmony. archaic
  • Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
Verb
  • To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew. rare, perhaps nonstandard
Ajar
Noun
  • A member of an ethnographic group of Georgians.
BABYLON ENGLISH
ajar adj.
slightly open (of a door)
HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
ajar
ajar
\a*jar"\ (&?;), adv. [oe. on char ajar, on the turn; as. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to g. kehren to turn, and to d. akerre. see char.] slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
ajar
\a*jar"\ (&?;), adv. [pref. a- + jar.] in a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
WORDNET 2.0
ajar
Adjective
1. slightly open; "the door was ajar"
(synonym) ajar(p)
(similar) open, unfastened
ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Ajar
Ajar or AJAR may refer to:
Ajar, AfghanistanAjar, MauritaniaAjar people, an ethnographic group of Georgiansthe Australian Journal of Agricultural Researchthe African Journal of AIDS ResearchAJAR (applications software platform), a Motorola software platform for mobile phones
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