Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various mammals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, similar to rabbits but having longer ears and legs and giving birth to active, furred young.
- intransitive verb To move hurriedly, as if hunting a swift quarry.
from The Century Dictionary.
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he , I., D . - noun So many new species and subspecies of hares have been described of late years that common names have not kept pace with scientific names.
- To harass; worry; frighten.
- noun A rodent quadruped of the family Leporidæ and genus Lepus.
- noun [capitalized] In astronomy, one of the forty-eight ancient constellations of Ptolemy, situated in the southern hemisphere.
- noun Everybody; people generally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To excite; to tease, harass, or worry; to harry.
- noun (Zoöl.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
- noun (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.
- noun a game played by men and boys, two, called
hares , having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called thehounds , through a wide circuit. - noun (Zoöl.) a small Australian kangaroo (
Lagorchestes Leporoides ), resembling the hare in size and color - noun (Bot.) a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat.
- noun (Zoöl.) See under
Jumping . - noun (Zoöl.) See
Chief hare . - noun (Zoöl.) See
Aplysia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several plant-eating animals of the family
Leporidae , especially of the genusLepus , similar to arabbit , but larger and with longer ears. - verb intransitive To move swiftly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
- 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
- verb run quickly, like a hare
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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All those pictures are beautiful, but he picture of the beagles and the hare is my favorite.
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All those pictures are beautiful, but he picture of the beagles and the hare is my favorite.
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And now I'm reading John Green's marvelous An Abundance of Katherines, and am pleased to have found another child for whom fables were not all that: "if only he'd known that the story of the tortoise and the hare is about more than a tortoise and a hare, he might have saved himself considerable trouble."
Whither Jackie Paper? Roger Sutton 2006
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And now I'm reading John Green's marvelous An Abundance of Katherines, and am pleased to have found another child for whom fables were not all that: "if only he'd known that the story of the tortoise and the hare is about more than a tortoise and a hare, he might have saved himself considerable trouble."
Archive 2006-07-01 Roger Sutton 2006
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OF all the animals in the forest the hare is the wisest, and the animals all know this.
The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda 1922
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The tortoise and the hare is like you sitting watching a guy getting his butt kicked and hoping he's going to land a punch and win.
Shane Mosley is seasoned, ready to battle with Mayweather 2010
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The little hare is in her hands and she will take all the necessary care and advice.
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There does appear to be widespread acceptance of its specific status, however, even though there is some indication that the species hybridizes with the Mountain hare L. timidus (Melo-Ferreira et al. 2005).
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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There does appear to be widespread acceptance of its specific status, however, even though there is some indication that the species hybridizes with the Mountain hare L. timidus (Melo-Ferreira et al. 2005).
The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006
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* The correct species name for the Brown hare is controversial and the reality/monophyly of the Blue hare has recently been contested.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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