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hare

/hɛɚ/

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What does hare mean?

noun

  1. Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  2. The meat from this animal.
  3. The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
More meanings (9)

verb

  1. To move swiftly.
  2. (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

adjective

  1. Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
  2. Cold, frosty (of weather).

proper noun

  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.

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IPA pronunciation

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I may here observe that the difference between the Irish and English hare rests upon nearly similar characters, only more strongly marked.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
Each time the Hare is turned, scores for the Dog that did it, and a final point is made by the kill.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284
More book examples (3)
Presently he met his cousin, Jumper the Hare, and at once in a most excited manner told him all he had seen.
Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) BurgessThe Burgess Bird Book for ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #3074
Anchovies in oil, baked beans, and jugged hare made a glorious mixture such as we have not dreamed of since our school-days.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
These jerking turns soon begin to tell upon a dog, and an old well-practised hare will seldom fail to make her escape.
William YouattThe DogProject Gutenberg ebook #9478