What does leveret mean?
Leveret means A young hare less than one year old..
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/ˈlɛvəɹɪt/ · noun
A young hare less than one year old..
[…] Shall I die like a leveret, Without any resistance?—Help, help, help! I am slain!
Fair Hand that can on Virgin-paper write, Yet from the stain of Ink preserve it white, Whose travel o’er that Silver Field does show, Like track of Leveretts in morning Snow;
As when two skilful hounds the leveret wind; Or chase through woods obscure the trembling hind; Now lost, now seen, they intercept his way, And from the herd still turn the flying prey: So fast, and with such fears, the Trojan flew; So close, so constant, the bold Greeks pursue.
They heard Marvel squeal like a caught leveret, and forthwith they were clambering over the bar to his rescue.
Use leveret when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leveret means A young hare less than one year old..
Common synonyms include hareling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] Shall I die like a leveret, Without any resistance?—Help, help, help! I am slain!
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