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gar

Pronunciation: /ɡaːr/

“gar” is a German word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption)
  2. refined

adverb

  1. at all; even
  2. even; expressing a climax
  3. all
  4. very; quite; really

Etymology

From Middle High German gare (inflected garw-), from Old High German garo, from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz. Cognate with Dutch gaar, archaic English yare (“keen, lively, eager”). Related to gerben.

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