Hare

//hɛə// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people). regional

    "a hare old man"

  2. 2
    Cold, frosty (of weather). regional

    "a hare day"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. 2
    Synonym of Sahtú.
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Broadway parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST2915).
  4. 4
    An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States.
  5. 5
    A dialect of Slavey, an Athabaskan language.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears. countable

    "The hare has a reputation for exciting desire. Hare soup is credited with a particular aphrodisiac value."

  2. 2
    swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes wordnet
  3. 3
    The meat from this animal. uncountable

    "Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue."

  4. 4
    flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food wordnet
  5. 5
    The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To move swiftly. intransitive

    "But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support."

  2. 2
    To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry. obsolete

    "To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe."

  3. 3
    run quickly, like a hare wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô, from *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-. Cognates See also West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”); also Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin cānus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô, from *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-. Cognates See also West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”); also Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin cānus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.

Etymology 4

From Middle English hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”).

Etymology 5

* As an Irish surname, from ó hír (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”). * Also as an Irish surname, from ó Haichir (“descendant of Aichear”), from aichear (“sharp”). * As an English surname, from the noun hare, originally as a nickname. * Also as an English surname, from Ayre. * Also as an English surname, from the obsolete Old English hær (“stone”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hair. * As a French surname, from the verb harer (“to stir up, excite”), from Old French harier, from Frankish *hariōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate, lay waste”). * As a German surname, variant of Harr.

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