hare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛə/
ipa: /hɛː/
ipa: /hɛɚ/
ipa: /heː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /heə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /hiə/
ipa: /heɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /hɜː(ɹ)/
homophone: hair
homophone: here (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: her (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: hare
form: hares
Etymology: From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô, from *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”); also Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin cānus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”).
Senses: examples: text: The hare has a reputation for exciting desire. Hare soup is credited with a particular aphrodisiac value.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 111:
glosses: Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
examples: text: Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue.
ref: 1958, Andre Norton, The Time Traders, Cleveland, Oh.; New York, N.Y.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 79:
text: Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit.
ref: 2007, Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 273:
text: In Milan, jugged hare is flavoured with grated chocolate, which adds colour and depth to the sauce.
ref: 2013, Anna Del Conte, Gastronomy of Italy, London: Pavilion, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: The meat from this animal.
glosses: The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: Allen's hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: arctic hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Lepus arcticus
word: Arctic hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: Belgian hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Lepus timidus
word: blue hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Lepus europaeus
word: brown hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: chief hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: desert hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Lepus europaeus
word: European hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: first catch your hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: forhare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare and hounds
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Campanula rotundifolia
word: harebell
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harebrain
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare-brained
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harebrained
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harefoot
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare-hearted
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harehound
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare kangaroo
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harekind
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harelike
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hareling
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harelip
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare lip
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare moon
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare scramble
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare's ear
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare-skin
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hare-wallaby
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: harish
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: hold with the hare and run with the hounds
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: jack-hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: mad as a March hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: Manchurian hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: March hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Lepus timidus etc.
word: mountain hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Dolichotis patagonum
word: Patagonian hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: red rock hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: scrub hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
alt: Aplysiamorpha or Anaspidea
word: sea hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Lepus americanus
word: snowshoe hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
taxonomic: Pedetes capensis
word: springhare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: start a fresh hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: start a hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: start a hare running
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: varying hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: whistling hare
sense: Terms derived from the noun "hare"
word: you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds