untar

Etymology

un- +‎ tar

Verb

untar (third-person singular simple present untars, present participle untaring or untarring, simple past and past participle untared or untarred)

1. (computing, transitive) To extract from a tar archive.
   • 2002, John Bryan Callender, Perl for Web site management (page 405)

     I untarred (and ungzipped) that file using the following command: […]

   • 2002, Luis Argerich, Professional PHP4 XML (page 764)

     This should completely reset everything to exactly the way it was after you untared/ungzipped PHP […]

Anagrams

• Rutan, Turan, arnut, run at, tanru

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungō through its perfect passive participle unctus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ-.

Verb

untar (first-person singular present unto, past participle untat)

1. to anoint
2. to smear
3. to bribe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *under (compare Old English under, Old Norse undir).

Preposition

untar

1. under

Alternative forms

• unctar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese untar, from unto, from Latin unctus, perfect passive participle of ungō (“I smear with oil”) (or through a Vulgar Latin *unctāre (frequentative)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũ.ˈtaɾ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ũ.ˈta(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũ.ˈta(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: un‧tar

Verb

untar (first-person singular present indicative unto, past participle untado)

1. to smear; to spread (to distribute in a thin layer)

Etymology

From unto, from Latin unctus, perfect passive participle of ungō (or through a Vulgar Latin frequentative *unctāre), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ-.

Verb

untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite unté, past participle untado)

1. to anoint
2. to bribe
3. to smear