hare
verb/heə(r)/
/her/
[intransitive] (British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hare | /heə(r)/ /her/ |
| he / she / it hares | /heəz/ /herz/ |
| past simple hared | /heəd/ /herd/ |
| past participle hared | /heəd/ /herd/ |
| -ing form haring | /ˈheərɪŋ/ /ˈherɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to run or go somewhere very fast
- He hared away down the street.
- She’s always haring off to France on business.
- to go haring around the country
- She’d sent him haring back to his apartment, telling him an urgent letter had arrived.
Word OriginOld English hara, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch haas and German Hase.
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