hare

plural hares

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

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

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 111

2. uncountableThe meat from this animal.

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

   1958, Andre Norton, The Time Traders, Cleveland, Oh.; New York, N.Y.: The World Publishing Company, →LCCN, page 79

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

   2007, Jamie Oliver, Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 273

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

   2013, Anna Del Conte, Gastronomy of Italy, London: Pavilion, →ISBN, page 109

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

present singular third person hares · participle present haring · participle past hared · past hared

1. intransitiveTo move swiftly.

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

   2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC

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   Oakheart didn't look at Bluefur. "ThunderClan doesn't like getting their paws wet," he reminded the she-cat. "You two go back to camp and tell Crookedstar that ThunderClan is at the border," Oakheart told his Clanmates. "I'll stay here and see how many more of them are hanging around." Ottersplash and Owlfur hared away into the trees.

   2009, Erin Hunter [pseudonym; Erin Hunter Team], Warriors Super Edition: Bluestar's Prophecy, page 451

   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.

   2015–2021, qntm, “Introductory Antimemetics”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 21

   Synonyms: rabbit, race, speed, tear

present singular third person hares · participle present haring · participle past hared · past hared · alternative harr

1. obsoleteTo excite; to tease or worry; to harry.

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

   1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education

alternative hoar

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

   a hare old man

2. regionalCold, frosty (of weather).

   a hare day

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. Synonym of Sahtú.

   Synonyms: Sahtú

3. A hamlet in Broadway parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST2915).
4. An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States.
5. A dialect of Slavey, an Athabaskan language.

   Synonyms: Kawchottine