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Hare
Definitions
- 1 Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people). regional
"a hare old man"
- 2 Cold, frosty (of weather). regional
"a hare day"
- 1 A surname transferred from the nickname.
- 2 Synonym of Sahtú.
- 3 A hamlet in Broadway parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST2915).
- 4 An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States.
- 5 A dialect of Slavey, an Athabaskan language.
- 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 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 The meat from this animal. uncountable
"Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue."
- 4 flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food wordnet
- 5 The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed. countable
- 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 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 run quickly, like a hare wordnet
Etymology
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”).
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”).
From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.
From Middle English hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”).
* 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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