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شَارَ

Root: شور

Form: 1

Full Definition

شَارَI , Present.T يَشُورُ, Verbal.Noun شَوْرٌ and شِيَارٌ and شِيَارَةٌ and مَشَارٌ and مَشَارَةٌ; and اشتار , and , and استشار ; He gathered honey; extracted it from the small hollow [in the rock in which it had been deposited by the wild bees]; gathered it from its hives and from other places.

def.2 شار, Verbal.Noun شَوْرٌ, He exhibited, showed, or displayed, a thing.
2 شار الدَّابَّةَ, Verbal.Noun شَوْرٌ and شِوَارٌ, or شَوَارٌ; and شوّرها , Verbal.Noun تَشْوِيرٌ; and , but this last is rare; He exhibited, or displayed, the beast, for sale, going to and fro with it, or making it to run, and the like: he tried the beast, to know its pace, or manner of going: he made the beast to run, that he might know its power: he broke, or trained, the beast: or he rode it on the occasion of exhibiting, or displaying, it to its purchaser: or tried it, to see its powers: or he examined it, as though he turned it over; and in like manner, الأَمَةَ the female slave. [Hence] شار نَفْسَهُ He displayed his agility, to show his power.
3 And شُرْتُهُ I ornamented, or decorated, it.

def.3 شار He became goodly in countenance.
2 He became fat and goodly: and so شارت said of a she-camel: [and تشوّرت said of a woman: ] or شارت said of a she-camel, she became fat; and in like manner اشتار and استشار said of a he-camel: and الإِبِلُ the camels became somewhat fat: and they became fat and goodly: or this last signifies they became fat; because their owner points to such with his fingers; as though they desired to be pointed to.
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