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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mare1 /mɛr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a female horse or donkey.
ma•re3 /ˈmɑreɪ, ˈmɛri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. ma•ri•a /ˈmɑriə, ˈmɛr-/.USA pronunciation - Astronomya large, dark plain found on the moon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mare1 (mâr),USA pronunciation n. - a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- bef. 900; Middle English, variant of mere, Old English m(i)ere; cognate with Dutch merrie, German Mähre, Old Norse merr; akin to Old English mearh, Old Norse marr, Irish marc horse. See marshal
- nightmare (def. 3).
- bef. 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Mahre, Old Norse mara. See nightmare
- Astronomyany of the several large, dark plains on the moon and Mars: Galileo believed that the lunar features were seas when he first saw them through a telescope.
Mar.E., - Marine Engineer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mare /mɛə/ n - the adult female of a horse or zebra
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German mariha, Old Norse merr mare mare /ˈmɑːreɪ -rɪ/ n ( pl maria /ˈmɑːrɪə/)- (capital when part of a name) any of a large number of huge dry plains on the surface of the moon, visible as dark markings and once thought to be seas: Mare Imbrium (Sea of Showers)
- a similar area on the surface of Mars, such as Mare Sirenum
Etymology: from Latin: sea |