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Webster 1913 Edition

Gar

Gar

,
Noun.
[Prob. AS.
gār
dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf.
Goad
,
Gore
,
Verb.
]
(Zool.)
(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
(Zool.)
,
a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus
Lepidosteus
, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.

Gar

,
Verb.
T.
[Of Scand. origin. See
Gear
,
Noun.
]
To cause; to make.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gar

G`AR

, in Saxon, a dart, a weapon; as in Edgar, or Eadgar, a happy weapon; Ethelgar, noble weapon.

Definition 2024

går

går

See also: gar, gaar, Gar, GAR, gár, ġar, gär, and gar-

Danish

Noun

går ‎(only in expressions)

  1. i går ("yesterday")
  2. gårs dato ("as of yesterday", "the date of yesterday")

Etymology 2

See gå ‎(“to go, walk”).

Verb

går

  1. present tense of gå

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse í gær, í gjár

Noun

går

  1. yesterday (only used in the adverbial form i går)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

går

  1. present tense of gå

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse í gær, í gjár

Noun

går

  1. yesterday (only used in the adverbial form i går)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

går

  1. present tense of gå

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

går

  1. present tense of gå.

See also

Etymology

From Old Norse gær or gjár.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔːr/, [ɡ̊ɒːˀ]

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