hare

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'hare', 'Hare': /hɛə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/hɛr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(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

Collocations for "hare"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hare" in context.

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hare

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the tortoise and the hare
  2. eat hare for [dinner]
  3. caught a hare (for dinner)
  4. [hunting, chasing, tracking] a hare
  5. the dogs followed the [scent, smell] of the hare
  6. [an Arctic, a brown] hare
  7. held the hare by its ears
  8. the hare dangled by its ears
  9. greyhounds chase an electric hare
  10. idiom: run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
v
  1. UK: was haring along at [top, full] speed
  2. UK: was haring down the [road, street]
  3. UK: hared past (us)
  4. UK: [go, keep] haring off (to)
  5. UK: [go, is always] haring around
  6. UK: haring around the [country, countryside]
  7. UK: went haring after [him, her]
n as adj
  1. make a hare stew
'hare' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
jug - tortoise

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