hare

Meanings

Plural: hare, hares

Noun

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
flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
The meat from this animal.
The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.

Verb

run quickly, like a hare
- "He hared down the hill"
To move swiftly.
To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

Adj

Grey, hoary; grey-haired, venerable (of people).
Cold, frosty (of weather).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hasô, from *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase, Norwegian and Swedish hare, Icelandic heri), Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe (“pale, dull”); also Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), Latin cānus (“white”), cascus (“old”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”) and Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”).

Synonyms

rabbit, race, speed, tear

Scrabble Score: 7

hare is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hare is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hare is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

hare is a valid Words With Friends word