| NOUN | animal | hare | swift timid long-eared mammal larger / larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs |
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| food | hare, rabbit | flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food | |
| VERB | motion | hare | run quickly, like a hare |
| Sounds | hheh'r | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | swift timid long-eared mammal larger / larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes. | |
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| Member of | Lepus, genus Lepus | type genus of the Leporidae |
| Parts | rabbit, hare | flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food |
| Narrower | European hare, Lepus europaeus | large hare introduced in North America |
| jackrabbit | large hare of western North America | |
| leveret | A young hare especially one in its first year | |
| polar hare, Arctic hare, Lepus arcticus | A large hare of northern North America | |
| snowshoe hare, snowshoe rabbit, varying hare, Lepus americanus | large large-footed North American hare | |
| Broader | leporid, leporid mammal | rabbits and hares |
| Spanish | liebre | |
| Catalan | llebre | |
| Verbs | hare | run quickly, like a hare |
| Meaning | flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food. | |
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| Synonym | rabbit | |
| Part of | European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus | Common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere |
| hare | swift timid long-eared mammal larger / larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs | |
| wood rabbit, cottontail, cottontail rabbit | Common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside | |
| Broader | game | The flesh of wild animals that is used for food |
| Spanish | carne de conejo, conejo | |
| Catalan | carn de conill, conill | |
| Meaning | Run quickly, like a hare. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He hared down the hill" | |
| Broader | run | Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time |
| Nouns | hare | swift timid long-eared mammal larger / larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs |
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