hare — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   The hare has a reputation for exciting desire. Hare soup is credited with a particular aphrodisiac value.

2. The meat from this animal.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue.

   Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit.

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   In Milan, jugged hare is flavoured with grated chocolate, which adds colour and depth to the sauce.

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

   Usage

   • Countable

Verb

1. To move swiftly.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Synonyms

   rabbitracespeedtear

   Related words

   formleveretjackrabbit

   Examples

   But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.

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   Desperate, Kim hurls his phone overarm at the creature's forehead. It's a solid chunk of metal and it's a dead hit. Grey reels backwards and cracks his skull against the wall. By the time he recovers, Kim is out of sight, haring away down the left corridor, just echoing, fading footsteps on concrete.

Verb

1. To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe.

Adjective

1. Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).

   Usage

   • Regional

   Examples

   a hare old man

2. Cold, frosty (of weather).

   Usage

   • Regional

   Examples

   a hare day

Noun

1. swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes

   Broader terms

   leporidleporid mammal

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

   Synonyms

   rabbit

   Broader terms

   game

Verb

1. run quickly, like a hare

   Broader terms

   run

   Examples

   He hared down the hill