[hare] n, pl hare or hares [ME, fr. OE hara; akin to OHG haso hare, Skt sasa, OE hasu gray] (bef. 12c): any of various swift long-eared lagomorph mammals (family Leporidae and esp. genus Lepus) that are usu. solitary or sometimes live in pairs and have the young open-eyed and furred at birth--compare rabbit 1a
[2]hare vi hared ; har.ing (1719): to go swiftly: [3]tear