0 past simple and past participle of tarry --
1 to stay somewhere for longer than expected and delay leaving --
Here they tarried for the night.
He even tarried a little over the rooftop of his own house trying to lift up some roof tiles with his fingers but instead found himself inside his own room.
They attempted to explain why the bridegroom had tarried.
It is remarkable that we have delayed and tarried so long in dealing with this situation.
I accept that we have already tarried some time in reaching this stage in our considerations.
