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51MARE — s. f. (On prononce Mâre. ) Petit amas d eau dormante, qui se forme naturellement par l abaissement du sol, ou qu on se procure artificiellement dans les villages et dans les fermes, pour des usages communs ou domestiques. Dans ce village, on… …
52mare — 1. n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. Phrases and idioms: mare s nest an illusory discovery. mare s tail 1 a tall slender marsh plant, Hippuris vulgaris. 2 (in pl.) long straight streaks of cirrus cloud.… …
53Mare — (as used in expressions) Mare, Walter (John) de la mare Germanicum mare Tirreno …
54mare — n British 1) a woman. A derogatory working class usage on the lines of cow, bitch or sow. Mare usually has overtones of nag in both its senses and hence denotes a drab, wearisome woman. The word was given a wider currency by its use as a strong… …
55mare — UK [meə(r)] / US [mer] noun [countable] Word forms mare : singular mare plural mares 1) an adult female horse. An adult male horse is called a stallion. 2) British very informal a very unpleasant and difficult situation or activity Filling in… …
56mare — I. /mɛə / (say mair) noun a female horse, fully grown and past its fourth birthday. {Middle English mare, mere, Old English mere, myre, feminine of mearh horse. Compare marshal} II. /mɛə / (say mair) noun Obsolete …
57mare — see the grey mare is the better horse money makes the mare to go nothing so bold as a blind mare …
58mare — noun /mɛː,ˈmɛ(ə)ɻ/ a) An adult female horse. The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we dont want that, do we? b) A foolish woman. Im having a complete mare today …
59mare — An Old English term meaning hag or goblin. In Germanic superstition it used to refer to the female love phantom, which was conceptualized as a special type of nightmare. It was regarded as a manifestation of a demonic living being, capable of… …
60mare — Synonyms and related words: Houyhnhnm, Partlet, alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, biddy, bitch, bossy, bottomland, brood mare, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, charger, coastal plain, colt, courser, cow, critter, delta, desert,… …
