Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move swiftly.

  2. (obsolete)To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.

More definitions
  • run quickly, like a hare

Examples

82 sentences
  1. I saw a hare in the forest.

    У лісі я побачив зайця. — rmdas

    ruВ лесу я увидел зайца. — Arkadeko

  2. It is not easy to catch a hare with your bare hands.

    Важко впіймати зайця руками. — aandrusiak

    ruТрудно поймать зайца голыми руками. — marafon

    deEs ist nicht leicht einen Hasen mit der Hand zu fangen. — sigfrido

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  3. Hares and rabbits look very similar to me.

    Як на мене, зайці та кролики на вигляд дуже схожі. — Ahha

    ruПо-моему, зайцы и кролики очень похожи. — marafon

  4. It was an angry hare.

    Це був злий заєць. — deniko

    ruЭто был злой заяц. — Selena777

    deDas war ein böser Hase. — al_ex_an_der

  5. It was the angry hare.

    Це був злий заєць. — deniko

    ruЭто был злой заяц. — Selena777

Origin

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~

From Middle English hare, from Old English hara (“hare”), from Proto-West Germanic *hasō ~ *haʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *hesô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂s-én-; possibly related to or influenced by Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”).

From Middle English harren, harien (“to drag by force, ill-treat”), of uncertain origin. Compare harry, harass.

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Forms

hares, haring, hared, hared
Base formhare · to hare
3rd person singularhares
Present participleharing
Past simplehared
Past participlehared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhare
he, she, ithares

Past simpleLesson

all personshared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hared
he, she, ithas hared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hare

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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