Hare

Word HARE
Character 4
Hyphenation hare
Pronunciations /heə/

Definitions and meanings of "Hare"

What do we mean by hare?

Any of various mammals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to rabbits but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young. noun

To move hurriedly, as if hunting a swift quarry. intransitive verb

To harass; worry; frighten.

See he, I., D .

So many new species and subspecies of hares have been described of late years that common names have not kept pace with scientific names. noun

A rodent quadruped of the family Leporidæ and genus Lepus. noun

capitalized In astronomy, one of the forty-eight ancient constellations of Ptolemy, situated in the southern hemisphere. noun

Everybody; people generally. noun

To excite; to tease, harass, or worry; to harry. transitive verb

A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity. noun

A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. noun

A game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. noun

A small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color noun

A plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. noun

See under Jumping. noun

See Chief hare. noun

See Aplysia. noun

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. noun

To move swiftly. verb

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.

The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hare

The word "hare" in example sentences

All those pictures are beautiful, but he picture of the beagles and the hare is my favorite. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And now I'm reading John Green's marvelous An Abundance of Katherines, and am pleased to have found another child for whom fables were not all that: "if only he'd known that the story of the tortoise and the hare is about more than a tortoise and a hare, he might have saved himself considerable trouble." ❋ Roger Sutton (2006)

OF all the animals in the forest the hare is the wisest, and the animals all know this. ❋ Unknown (1922)

The tortoise and the hare is like you sitting watching a guy getting his butt kicked and hoping he's going to land a punch and win. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The little hare is in her hands and she will take all the necessary care and advice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There does appear to be widespread acceptance of its specific status, however, even though there is some indication that the species hybridizes with the Mountain hare L. timidus (Melo-Ferreira et al. 2005). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

* The correct species name for the Brown hare is controversial and the reality/monophyly of the Blue hare has recently been contested. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Then he called the hare and said, “Go, my dear runner, and fetch me some of the bread which the King is eating.” ❋ Unknown (2003)

And maybe, just maybe, the tale of the tortoise and the hare is true. ❋ Unknown (1993)

But as mad as a March hare is English, and connotes insanity, not mere anger. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

But the early colonists, for some unknown reason, dropped the word hare out of their vocabulary, and it is rarely heard in American speech to this day. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

In winter our hare is white, with touches of fawn-color; in summer, reddish brown; but they differ so much in shading that two individuals are never found exactly alike. ❋ Unknown (1887)

The tail of the hare is called the scut, and that of the dog is sometimes called the stern; but this last term, I believe, only relates to dogs used in hunting. ❋ Jane (1845)

They put also under the children the down of certain reeds that we call hare's-foot, on which they rest very softly. ❋ Samuel De Champlain (1601)

This year, too, I had a special interest in the event, for it was my turn to run "hare" -- in other words, to be, with another fellow, the object of the united pursuit of some twenty or thirty of my schoolfellows, who would glory in running me down not a whit less than I should glory in escaping them. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)

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