mare
UK/mɛə//mɛɚ/
mare noun: an adult female horse. Also the obsolete form of mayor.
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Noun (1)
mare (plural mares)
- An adult female horse.
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon...1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
- A foolish woman.
- The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?2007, Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple
Noun (2)
mare (plural mares)
Noun (3)
US/ˈmɑɹ.eɪ/
mare (plural maria)
- A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.
- On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
- Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)
Proper noun capitalized: Mare
Mare
- A diminutive of the female given names Mary, Maria, Marianne, and other female names beginning with Mar- , from Hebrew.
Also used as
mare is also the obsolete form of mayor.
mare is also the obsolete form of mair.
mare meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Punjabi and Pashto
mare in Hindi
- female horse
- घोड़ी ghoṛī
mare in Telugu
- female horse
- ఆడగుర్రం āḍagurraṁ, బడబ baḍaba
mare in Punjabi
- female horse
- ਘੋੜੀ ghoṛī
mare in Pashto
- female horse
- اسپه aspa
More languagesFewer languages
- mare in Arabic
- حِجْر ḥijr, فَرَس faras, فرس faras, عودة ʕawda
- mare in Malay
- kuda betina, kuda betina dewasa
- mare in Indonesian
- mare, maria
- mare in Persian
- مادیان mâdiyân
- mare in Vietnamese
- ngựa cái, biển Mặt Trăng
- mare in Myanmar
- မြင်းမ mrang:ma.
Examples of mare in a sentence
- Give the mare a quick groom before you take her out.
- The mare is the stables' runner for the 5.15 race at Epsom.
- The mare started at a walk before breaking into a trot.
Antonyms of mare
Forms of mare
| plural | mares |
|---|---|
| plural | maria |
| alternative form (obsolete) | meare |
Origin of mare
From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mere (“mare”), Saterland Frisian Märe (“mare”), West Frisian merje (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), German Mähre (“female horse”), Danish mær (“old mare”), Faroese mer (“mare”), Icelandic meri (“mare”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk merr (“mare”), Swedish mæhr, mær, mähr, märr (“mare”); also Breton marc'h (“horse”), Cornish margh (“horse”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic marc (“horse”), Welsh march (“horse”).
Inherited from Middle English mare, from Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Doublet of mara. Cognates Akin to Dutch (dial.) mare, German (dial.) Mahr, Old Norse mara ( > Danish mare, Swedish mara (“incubus, nightmare”); also Old Irish Morrígan (“phantom queen”), Albanian merë (“horror”), Polish zmora (“nightmare”), Czech mura (“nightmare, moth”), Greek Μόρα (Móra).
Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of maar and mere (“a body of standing water”).
Words formed from mare
Phrases with mare
- Baia Mare
- Boia Mare
- Boiu Mare
- Jamu Mare
- Satu Mare
- Bâsca Mare
- Ceanu Mare
- de la Mare
- Santa Mare
- Tarna Mare
- Valea Mare
- Vânju Mare
41 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Șeica Mare
- Almașu Mare
- Boianu Mare
- Burila Mare
- Căpușu Mare
- Kraken Mare
- Mare Harbor
- Mireșu Mare
- Pârâul Mare
- Scurtu Mare
- shanks mare
- Anieșul Mare
- Cociuba Mare
- Comloșu Mare
- Fântâna Mare
- mare clausum
- Mare Harbour
- mare liberum
- Poroina Mare
- Rapoltu Mare
- shank's mare
- Someșul Mare
- Tazlăul Mare
- Târnava Mare
- Tămădău Mare
- Șomcuta Mare
- Șomuzul Mare
- Bocicoiu Mare
- Boroșneu Mare
- Crevedia Mare
- shanks's mare
- Ticvaniu Mare
- Lago Mare event
- Lăpușnicul Mare
- Topolovățu Mare
- Ștefan cel Mare
- Valea Mare Pravăț
- rode the three-legged mare
- rides the three-legged mare
- ridden the three-legged mare
- riding the three-legged mare
Words that rhyme with mare
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about mare
- What does mare mean?
- Mare means an adult female horse.
- What is mare in Hindi?
- Mare in Hindi is घोड़ी (ghoṛī). See Mare meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mare?
- Mare can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mare?
- Mare is pronounced /mɛə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mare?
- The plural of mare is mares.
Words near mare in the dictionary
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