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hare (her, har)

noun pl. hares or hare

any of a large group of swift mammals (order Lagomorpha) of the same family (Leporidae) as the rabbits, with long ears, soft fur, a cleft upper lip, a short tail, and long, powerful hind legs: it differs from a rabbit in that it is larger, does not burrow, and has furry, active young

Etymology: ME < OE hara, akin to Ger hase < IE *as-, gray (hence, lit., the gray animal, euphemism for a taboo name) > L canus, hoary

intransitive verb hared, har′·ing

Brit., Informal to run fast or go hurriedly: with off, away, about, etc.

hare Synonyms

hare

n.

jack rabbit, cottontail, coney, bunny; see animal 1, rabbit.

hare Usage Examples

Possessives

  • ear: A hare's ears are longer than a rabbits and have black tips.

Converse of object

  • jug: When you land on a hare square, and have paid for your move, you perform an action known as jugging the hare.
  • hunt: Each outcry of the hunted hare A fiber from the brain does tear.
  • chase: The enamel carried a scene of hunting dogs chasing a hare.
  • cull: Many areas of Eastern England already have to cull hares by shooting.
  • kill: Going onto land without permission to kill hares with dogs is poaching which has always been illegal.
  • conserve: Efforts to conserve the hare should focus on increasing survival of adults and leverets.

Adjective modifier

  • brown: The brown hare is a familiar sight on farmland.
  • Irish: Irish hare is also recorded from the rougher grasslands.
  • illegal: The system should only be used for ongoing illegal hare coursing incidents where people feel intimidated or threatened.
  • dead: No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit.

Modifies a noun

  • coursing: Mr Barnett agreed hare coursing was a problem in the local area.
  • courser: I have illegal hare coursers on my land every weekend, what can I do?
  • hunting: Hare hunting with packs of hounds was among the oldest field sports in Europe.
  • lip: She is shy to go outside - it's the hare lip " , Vieng's mother told me.
  • shooting: We are also very keen to receive information about hare shooting.
  • population: Locally, the extent of the hare population is unknown.

Noun used with modifier

  • mountain: Wild life spotted eagle, grouse, mountain hare, red deer, roe deer, gray wagtail.
  • hunting: What did the Inquiry conclude about this game of hunting hares?
  • sea: Deep crimson ' sea hares ' , stroll along the sand.
hare Quotes

For greatness is only the drayhorse that coaxes The built cart out; and where we go is reason. But genius is an enormous littleness, a trickling Of heart that covers alike the hare and the hunter.

—Patchen, Kenneth

Don't you find it a beautiful clean thought, a world empty of people, just uninterrupted grass, and a hare sitting up?

—Lawrence, D(avid) H(erbert)

St. Agnes' EveöAh, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold.

—Keats,John

Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare!

—Thomson,James pseudonym 'BV',ByssheVanolis