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hare
/hɛɚ/
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What does hare mean?
noun
- Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
- The meat from this animal.
- The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To move swiftly.
- (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
adjective
- Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
- Cold, frosty (of weather).
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- Synonym of Sahtú.
- A hamlet in Broadway parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST2915).
- An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States.
- A dialect of Slavey, an Athabaskan language.
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IPA pronunciation
/hɛɚ/
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See this word in context.
I may here observe that the difference between the Irish and English hare rests upon nearly similar characters, only more strongly marked.
Each time the Hare is turned, scores for the Dog that did it, and a final point is made by the kill.
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.
Anchovies in oil, baked beans, and jugged hare made a glorious mixture such as we have not dreamed of since our school-days.
These jerking turns soon begin to tell upon a dog, and an old well-practised hare will seldom fail to make her escape.