hared English
Verb
(head)
(hare)
Anagrams
*
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
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)
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harked English
Verb
(head)
(hark)
hark English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Verb
( en verb)
To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
* 1739 , “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, Hymns and Sacred Poems, (Charles Wesley) and (George Whitefield):
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- “Glory to the new born King,
* 1906: , The Four Million] [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=354518751&tag=Henry,+O.,+1862-1910:+The+four+million;,+1906&query=+harking&id=HenFour
- Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking .
* 1959: , A Christmas Carol
- "Hark ! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"
Derived terms
* hark back
Related terms
* (l)/(l)
* (l)
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