A hare is a wild animal that looks like a large rabbit. It has very long back legs and can run extremely fast. Hares live in fields and open land, not in burrows like rabbits.
The hare ran quickly across the open field.
We saw a brown hare hiding in the grass.
When you hare somewhere, you run or move there very quickly and often in a hurried or reckless way. This word is mostly used in British English. It comes from the idea of a hare running at great speed.
She hared down the street to catch the bus.
The children hared across the playground after school.
In the famous Aesop's fable 'The Hare and the Tortoise,' the hare represents someone who is very talented or fast but lazy and overconfident. This story is often used as a lesson about patience and effort. The hare in this context is a cultural and literary symbol.
The hare lost the race because he stopped to sleep.
Don't be the hare — slow and steady wins the race.
In the outdoor game called 'Hare and Hounds' or 'Paper Chase,' one person or team is called the hare and runs ahead, leaving a trail of paper or chalk marks. The other players, called hounds, follow the trail to try to catch the hare. This is a traditional British school game.
Tom was the hare and left paper pieces as a trail.
Being the hare in the game is exciting but tiring.
The Hare is a common English name for the constellation Lepus, which appears in the southern night sky just below Orion the Hunter. It is one of the 48 ancient constellations listed by Ptolemy. The constellation is said to represent a hare being hunted by Orion.
The Hare constellation sits just below Orion in the sky.
Astronomers can see the Hare near the Orion stars.
Hare is also used as an English surname or family name. Famous people with this surname include the British playwright David Hare. It is also associated with the historical criminal William Hare of the Burke and Hare murders in 19th-century Scotland.
David Hare is a famous British playwright.
Mr. Hare teaches science at our school.
The phrase 'mad as a March hare' comes from the wild, erratic behavior hares show during their spring mating season in March. It is used figuratively to describe a person who acts in a crazy, eccentric, or unpredictable way. This expression was famously used by Lewis Carroll in 'Alice in Wonderland.'
He acts like a mad March hare at parties.
She was as mad as a hare when she heard the news.
Hare is also used to refer to the meat of the hare animal, which is eaten as game meat in many European countries. It has a strong, rich flavor and is used in traditional recipes. 'Jugged hare' is one of the most well-known classic British dishes made from hare meat.
Jugged hare is a classic old English dish.
The chef prepared a stew using fresh hare meat.
