hare

UK: 'hare', 'Hare': /hɛə/ US: /hɛr/ ,(hâr)

Inflections of 'hare' (n):

hares

npl

hare

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "Those men are hunting hare.")

Inflections of 'hare' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

hares

v 3rd person singular

haring

v pres p

hared

v past

hared

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

hare /hɛr/   n. [countable] , pl. hares, (esp. when thought of as a group) hare. 

1. Mammals a long-eared animal similar to a rabbit but usually larger.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

hare  (hâr), n., pl. hares, (esp. collectively) hare, v., hared, har•ing. 
n. 

1. Mammals any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
2. Mammals any of the larger species of this genus, as distinguished from certain of the smaller ones known as rabbits.
3. Mammals any of various similar animals of the same family.
4. (cap.) [Astron.] the constellation Lepus.
5. Games the player pursued in the game of hare and hounds.

v.i. 

6. British Terms [Chiefly Brit.] to run fast.

• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hara; cognate with Danish hare; akin to German Hase hare, Old English hasu gray

hare′like′, adj. 

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hare / hɛə/ noun (hares, hare)

1. any solitary leporid mammal of the genus Lepus, such as L. europaeus (European hare). Hares are larger than rabbits, having longer ears and legs, and live in shallow nests (forms)
2. run with the hare and hunt with the hounds ⇒ to be on good terms with both sides

verb

1. (intr; often followed by off, after, etc) to go or run fast or wildly

Etymology: Old English hara; related to Old Norse heri, Old High German haso, Swedish hare, Sanskrit śaśá

ˈhareˌlike adjective

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Hare / hɛə/ noun

1. Sir David. born 1947, British dramatist and theatre director: his plays include Plenty (1978), Pravda (with Howard Brenton, 1985), The Secret Rapture (1989), Racing Demon (1990), The Permanent Way (2003), and Stuff Happens (2004)
2. William. 19th century, Irish murderer and bodysnatcher: associate of William Burke

Hare / hɛə/ noun

1. a member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada

Etymology: of Athapascan origin