Hare

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɛɚ/, /heɹ/, /heÉ™/
• Homophones: hair

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara ("hare"), from Proto-Germanic *hasô (compare West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), from *Proto-Germanic *haswaz ("grey") (compare Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe ("pale, dull")), from Proto-Indo-European *kas- (compare Welsh cannu ("to whiten"), ceinach ("hare"), Latin cānus ("white"), cascus ("old"), Old Prussian sasins ("hare"), Pashto (soe, "hare"), Sanskrit शश (śaśa, "hare")).

Full definition of hare

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
• 2011, February 4, Gareth Roberts, Wales 19-26 England, But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.

Synonyms

• race
• speed
• tear

Compare harry, harass.

Verb

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

Anagrams

• hear
• Hera
• RHAe
• rhea, Rhea