hare
Noun
- swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
- flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
- Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
- The meat from this animal.
- The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
Verb
Verb Forms: hared, haring, hares
- To run or move with great speed.
- run quickly, like a hare
- "He hared down the hill"
- To move swiftly.
- To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
Adj
- Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
- Cold, frosty (of weather).
Examples
- a hare day
- a hare old man
- He decided to hare across the board with a seven-letter word, trying to catch up.
Origin / 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”).
Scrabble Score: 7
hare: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhare: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hare: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary