hart
A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth yearA male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
» Nephthali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
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4 senses(countable)A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
männlicher Hirsch, Hirschbock
саме́ц оленяsaméc olenja
a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
(uncountable)The meat from this animal.
In the RISC-V instruction set architecture, a hardware thread.
It is required by the RISC-V specification that at least one hart be assigned an ID of 0.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The stag of any deer species.
Examples
1 sentencesNephthali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *heruFrom Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot.
Abbreviation of hardware thread. As stated in The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, Volume I:
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Forms
plural: hart / hartsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a male deer, especially an adult male red deer:stag
- United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943):Lorenz HartLorenz Milton Hart
- United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961):Moss Hart
- a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.:hartleybandit
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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