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hare | harm |

As a verb hare

is .

As a proper noun harm is

, low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".

hare

English

(wikipedia hare)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus , similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
  • The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
    • Derived terms
    * arctic hare * Belgian hare * brown hare * European hare * hare and hounds * harebell * harebrained * hare lip * hold with the hare and run with the hounds * March hare * mountain hare * Patagonian hare * sea hare * snowshoe hare * springhare

    See also

    * form (qualifier, hare's home) * leveret (young hare) * jackrabbit (type of hare)

    Verb

    (har)
  • To move swiftly.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support. }}
    Synonyms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), , (m).

    Alternative forms

    *

    Verb

    (har)
  • (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
    • (John Locke)

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) ----

    harm

    English

    (wikipedia harm)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
  • * , chapter=13
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

    • Derived terms

    * do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

    Anagrams

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