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TARE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tare" is a kind of...):
balance; counterbalance; counterpoise; counterweight; equaliser; equalizer (a weight that balances another weight)
Domain category:
chemical analysis; qualitative analysis (the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tare" is a kind of...):
weight (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
Synonyms:
bearded darnel; cheat; darnel; Lolium temulentum; tare
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tare" is a kind of...):
rye grass; ryegrass (any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("tare" is a kind of...):
vetch (any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tare"):
hairy tare; hairy vetch; Vicia villosa (European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops)
Holonyms ("tare" is a member of...):
genus Vicia; Vicia (widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("tare" is a kind of...):
adjustment; allowance (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb tare