hare

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs

   The word hare appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

2. 2
   noun

   flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

   The word hare appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

3. 3
   verb

   run quickly, like a hare

   They hared down the hill.

* As an Irish surname, from ó hír (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”). * Also as an Irish surname, from ó Haichir (“descendant of Aichear”), from aichear (“sharp”). * As an English surname, from the noun hare, originally as a nickname. * Also as an English surname, from Ayre. * Also as an English surname, from the obsolete Old English hær (“stone”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hair. * As a French surname, from the verb harer (“to stir up, excite”), from Old French harier, from Frankish *hariōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate

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