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sare

sare adjective: dry, withered.

Adjective (1)

sare (comparative sarer, superlative sarest)

  1. (UK, archaic) dry, withered
    • Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
    • Burn ash-wood sare, 'twool make a man sware.
  2. (Kent, archaic, dialectal) tender, rotten

Adjective (2)

sare (comparative more sare, superlative most sare)

  1. (Northern England, archaic, dialectal) melancholy, bad, severe.

Adverb

sare (comparative sarer, superlative sarest)

  1. (Northern England, UK, archaic, dialectal) much, very much, greatly.

Proper noun capitalized: Sare

Sare (plural Sares)

  1. A surname.

Forms of sare

Adjective
comparativesarer
superlativesarest
alternative formsear
comparativemore sare
superlativemost sare
Adverb
comparativesarer
superlativesarest
Proper noun
pluralSares

Origin of sare

Variant of sear (“dry”).

From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sār (“sore”). More at sore.

From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sāre (“sorely”). Cognate with German sehr (“very”).

Questions about sare

What does sare mean?
Sare means dry, withered.
What part of speech is sare?
Sare can be an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.

Words near sare in the dictionary

  1. sardonyxes
  2. sardoodledom
  3. Sardos
  4. Sardou
  5. sards
  6. sare
  7. saredutant
  8. saree
  9. sarees
  10. Sarehole
  11. Sarel

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