Definitions for Hare

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Hare hare

Spelling: [hair]

IPA: /hɛər/

Hare is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in Hare (aehr).

Definitions for Hare

noun

1. any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
2. any of the larger species of this genus, as distinguished from certain of the smaller ones known as rabbits.
3. any of various similar animals of the same family.
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Lepus.
5. the player pursued in the game of hare and hounds.

verb (used without object)

1. Chiefly British. to run fast.

Origin of Hare

before 900; Middle English; Old English hara; cognate with Danish hare; akin to German Hase hare, Old English hasu gray

Examples for Hare

When hare soup is made in this last manner, omit using the blood.

We were going to seize him, but he broke away and darted like a hare into the shrubs.

The dogs started a hare, and pursued it into a dense thicket.

The pheasant calls for Pommard, while songbirds and hare lend themselves to aged Bordeaux or a light Gevrey.

Stuff the body of the hare with this force-meat, and sew it up.

Her support for the Countryside Alliance did see her plead guilty to attending a hare coursing event in 2007.

There was a line that really jumped out at me in The hare With the Amber Eyes.

But the hare finds a solution with the perfect Christmas gift.

The Krishna Movement stresses continual silent chanting of the hare Krishna mantra in order to keep the mind focused on God.

May not this hare of the Indian mythology be the moon-dog of some of our own legends?