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hared

hared is the simple past and past participle of hare.

Meaning of hare

Verb (1)

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

  1. (intransitive) To move swiftly.
    • But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    rabbit, race, speed, tear

Verb (2)

hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)

  1. (obsolete) To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
    • To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe.1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Questions about hared

What is hared the simple past and past participle of?
Hared is the simple past and past participle of hare.

Words near hared in the dictionary

  1. harebell
  2. harebells
  3. harebrain
  4. harebrained
  5. harebrains
  6. hared
  7. Haredi
  8. Haredi Judaism
  9. Haredim
  10. Haredis
  11. Haredization

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