garować

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrɔ.vat͡ɕ/
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: ga‧ro‧wać

Adapted borrowing of German gären +‎ -ować, from Middle High German jësen, gësen, from Old High German jesan, from Proto-Germanic *jesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”).

garować impf

1. (transitive, cooking) to proof (to allow yeast-containing dough to rise)
2. (intransitive, cooking, of dough) to rise

   Synonym: rosnąć

3. (intransitive, figurative, Poznań) to lie in (to stay in bed (longer than usual))

   Synonym: wylegiwać się

4. (intransitive, figurative, colloquial) to do time, to serve time

   Synonyms: kiblować, siedzieć

5. (intransitive, figurative, colloquial) to overwait, to wait too long

   Synonym: kiblować

From gar (“bum”) +‎ -ować.

garować impf

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to booze

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pić

garować impf

1. (intransitive, nautical, of wind) to blow sideways
2. (transitive, nautical) to set the sails windward

• garować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• garować in Polish dictionaries at PWN