Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
2. (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
3. (countable) The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
4. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
5. (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
6. (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
7. (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).

Example Sentences

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

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.

But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.

Desperate, Kim hurls his phone overarm at the creature's forehead. It's a solid chunk of metal and it's a dead hit. Grey reels backwards and cracks his skull against the wall. By the time he recovers, Kim is out of sight, haring away down the left corridor, just echoing, fading footsteps on concrete.

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

a hare old man

Word Forms

• hare
• hares
• haring
• hared
• harr
• hoar

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Use hare when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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