Sekirov Dictionary

hare

UK /hɛə/US /hɛɚ/

noun 3
adjective 2
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun3

Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
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The meat from this animal.
- Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue. — 1958
The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

adjective2

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

verb2

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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. — 2011
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(no longer used) 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. — 1693

forms

hared · haring · hares

Phrases with hare

start a fresh hare
To divert a discussion or argument from its conclusion.

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