Noun jar has 3 senses
  1. jar - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
    --1 is a kind of
    vessel
    --1 has part: lid; mouth
    --1 has particulars:
     amphora; beaker; canopic jar, canopic vase; cookie jar, cooky jar; crock, earthenware jar; cruse; jampot, jamjar; Mason jar; vase
    Derived form: verb jar5
  2. jar, jarful - the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer"
    --2 is a kind of containerful
    Derived form: verb jar5
  3. jolt, jar, jounce - a sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt"
    --3 is a kind of bump, blow
    Derived form: verb jar2
,Verb jar has 5 senses
  1. clash, jar, collide - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"
    --1 is one way to conflict
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. jolt, jar - move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
    --2 is one way to move
    Derived form: noun jar3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  3. jar, shake up, bump around - shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
    --3 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  4. jar - affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience"
    --4 is one way to
    affect, impress, move, strike
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to jar Sue
  5. jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"
    --5 is one way to
    put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Derived forms: noun jar2, noun jar1
    Sample sentence:
    They jar the goods
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