Mare

Quick meaning: Mare is a noun meaning An adult female horse.

Meaning

An adult female horse.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.
2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
3. (planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.
4. (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
5. Obsolete form of mayor.
6. Obsolete form of mair.
7. (obsolete or historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.

Example Sentences

I'm having a complete mare today.

Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)

The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].

Word Forms

• mares
• maria

Synonyms for mare

Depending on context, synonyms include maria.

Antonyms for mare

Common opposites include stallion, stud, gelding.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include horse, pony, puddle, pool, pond, maritime.

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