Hare Definition

hâr
hared, hares, haring
noun
hares
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.
Webster's New World

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.

Wiktionary
verb
hared, hares, haring
To run fast or go hurriedly.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To move swiftly.
Wiktionary
(obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
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Other Word Forms of Hare

Noun

Singular:
hare
Plural:
hares

Origin of Hare

  • 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 [script?] (soe, “hare”)[Arabic?], Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hara kas- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare harry, harass.

    From Wiktionary

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