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hare

Pronunciation: /hɛə/

The English word “hare” has 7 meanings listed here.

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.

verb

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

adjective

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

Etymology

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hesô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-; possibly related to or influenced by Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”). 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”);…

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