hare
(heəʳ )
Word forms: hares , haring , hared
1. variable noun
A hare is an animal like a rabbit but larger with long ears, long legs, and a small tail.
Hare is the flesh of this animal eaten as food.
2. verb
If you hare off somewhere, you go there very quickly. [British, informal]
...an over-protective mother who keeps haring off to ring the babysitter. [VERB adverb/preposition]
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Idioms:
start a hare [British]
to introduce a new idea or topic which other people become interested in
Some work needs to be done before the connection is proved. But Mr Birchall has started a hare that many researchers will be watching.
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run with the hare and hunt with the hounds [British]
to try to support both sides in an argument or conflict, in order to make your own life easier
They learn very quickly to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; to side with whoever is nearest in a relentless quest to avoid rows.
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Collocations:
mountain hare
The pine forests are like the Arctic at this time of year but cute critters such as the mountain hare thrive in those conditions.
The Sun (2013)
The Scots mountain hare is smaller than its lowland cousin and it's not often cooked commercially.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The brown hare is larger than the mountain hare, and opinions divide as to which is the best.
Food Watch (1994)
Translations:
Chinese: 野兔
Japanese: 野ウサギ
- catcher
- catch fire
- catch fish
- catching
- catch insects
- catch lobster
- catch malaria
- catchment
- catchment area
- catchment management
- catch on
- catch on camera
- catch one's breath
- catch out
- catch-phrase
- catchphrase
- catch phrase
- catch pneumonia
- catch prey
- catch quota
- catch red-handed
- catch sb in the act
- catch sb napping
- catch sb's attention
- catch sb's imagination