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Definition hare

Etymology 1

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-Germanic *hasô (compare West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”) (compare Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”)), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?s-én- (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin c?nus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto ???‎ (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit ?? (?a?a, “hare”)).

Noun

hare (plural hares)

  1. Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  2. The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
Verb

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

  1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.

Verb

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

  1. (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

Etymology 3

From Middle English hore, from Old English h?r (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”).

Adjective

hare

  1. (regional) Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
  2. (regional) Cold, frosty (of weather).

Results 177 Words with the letters HARE

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6 letter words with the letters HARE 
5 letter words with the letters HARE 
CHARE 10
HAREM 10
HAVER 11
HAZER 16
HERMA 10
RAPHE 10
REACH 10
REHAB 10
4 letter words with the letters HARE 
HARE 6
HEAR 6
RHEA 6
3 letter words with the letters HARE 
ARE 3
EAR 3
ERA 3
HAE 5
HER 5
RAH 5
2 letter words with the letters HARE 
AE 2
AH 4
AR 2
EH 4
ER 2
HA 4
HE 4
RE 2

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