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GARS
Noun
gars
plural of gar
Anagrams
• ARGs, GRAS, args, rags
Proper noun
Gars
A commune in Alpes-Maritimes department, France
Anagrams
• ARGs, GRAS, args, rags
Noun
GARs
plural of GAR
Anagrams
• ARGs, GRAS, args, rags
Source: Wiktionary
GAR
Gar, n. Etym: [Prob. AS. gar dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore, v.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish. (b) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike. Gar pike, or Garpike (Zoöl.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.
Gar, v. t. Etym: [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.]
Definition: To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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