1. Swift, timid, long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit; having a divided upper lip and long hind legs
   "The hare outran the pursuing fox"
    
2. Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
   "The hunter prepared braised hare for dinner";
   - rabbit

1. Run quickly, like a hare
   "He hared down the hill"

Sounds like: hare

Derived forms: hared, haring, hares

Type of: game, leporid, leporid mammal, run

Part of: cottontail, cottontail rabbit, European rabbit, genus Lepus, Lepus, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, wood rabbit

Encyclopedia: Hare, Peter