Yare
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /jɛː/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Yare is an adjective meaning (UK dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
Meaning
(UK dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
More Meanings
- Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
- (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
- Alternative form of yair.
- (archaic) Ready; prepared.
- (archaic) Yarely.
Example Sentences
[…]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]
c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
Word Forms
- yarer
- yarest
- yar
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nimble, bound, prompt, good, ripe, bain.
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