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hare

noun
/hɛə/UK/hɛɚ/US/heː/

Etymology

* 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.

  1. derived from *harjōną✻ — “to devastate, lay waste”
  2. derived from *hariōn✻
  3. derived from harier
  4. derived from hær — “stone”
  5. derived from sír — “long-lasting”

Definitions

  1. Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger…

    Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

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

  2. The meat from this animal.

    • Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue.
    • Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit.
    • In Milan, jugged hare is flavoured with grated chocolate, which adds colour and depth to the sauce.

  3. The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be…

    The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. To move swiftly.

      • 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 excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

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

    3. Grey, hoary

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

      • a hare old man

    4. Cold, frosty (of weather).

      • a hare day

    5. A surname transferred from the nickname.

    6. Synonym of Sahtú.

    7. A hamlet in Broadway parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS…

      A hamlet in Broadway parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST2915).

    8. An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States.

    9. A dialect of Slavey, an Athabaskan language.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA