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- [mair]
- /mɛər/
- /meər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mair]
- /mɛər/
Definitions of mare word
- noun mare Walter (John) 1873–1956, English poet, novelist, playwright, and short-story writer. 1
- noun plural mare any of the several large, dark plains on the moon and Mars: Galileo believed that the lunar features were seas when he first saw them through a telescope. 1
- noun mare The female of a horse or other equine animal. 1
- noun mare female horse 1
- noun mare nightmare: sth difficult 1
- noun mare female quadruped: zebra, etc. 1
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Origin of mare
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, variant of mere, Old English m(i)ere; cognate with Dutch merrie, German Mähre, Old Norse merr; akin to Old English mearh, Old Norse marr, Irish marc horse. See marshal
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Parts of speech for Mare
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mare popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mare usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mare
noun mare
- colt — A colt is a young male horse.
- plug — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- pony — a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
- nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- foal — a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
Antonyms for mare
noun mare
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