yare
/jɛː/US/jɛɹ/
yare adjective: ready; prepared. Also the alternative form of yair.
Adjective
yare (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- Ready; prepared.
- Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
- […]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
- Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
- Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
- c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry
The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
- c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry
Adverb
yare (comparative more yare, superlative most yare)
- Yarely.
- Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
Proper noun capitalized: Yare
IPA/jɛə(ɹ)/
Yare
- A river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.
Also used as
yare is also the alternative form of yair.
Forms of yare
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | yarer |
| superlative | yarest |
| alternative form | yar |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more yare |
| superlative | most yare |
Origin of yare
From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, ger (“perfect”).
Of Anglo-Celtic origin, the name probably means "babbling brook," from a Celtic base *gar- (“noisy, chattering”), probably related to Proto-Germanic *karō (“complaint, moan”) and Latin garrio (“to babble, chatter”).
Words formed from yare
Words that rhyme with yare
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- 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
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about yare
- What does yare mean?
- Yare means ready; prepared.
- What part of speech is yare?
- Yare can be an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yare?
- Yare is pronounced /jɛː/ (UK).
Words near yare in the dictionary
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