hare
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hare/heə(r)/
▶noun a fast-running, long-eared mammal resembling a large rabbit, with very long hind legs. [Lepus europaeus (brown hare) and other species.] ▶verb chiefly Brit. run with great speed.
– phrases
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds Brit. try to remain on good terms with both sides in a conflict.
start a hare Brit. dated raise a topic of conversation.
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds Brit. try to remain on good terms with both sides in a conflict.
start a hare Brit. dated raise a topic of conversation.
– origin OE hara, of Gmc origin.
'hare' also found in these Oxford entries:
Belgian hare
- doe
- form
- harass
- hare and hounds
- hare-brained
- Hare Krishna
- harelip
- hare's-foot
- harrier
- harum-scarum
- horehound
- jackrabbit
- jug
- kindle
- lagomorph
- leporine
- leveret
- March hare
- mouse hare
- rabbit
- scud
- scut
- sea hare
- snowshoe hare
