mare

Noun

Meaning

The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

maria female horse mount persian doe jade babe colt mara murray mustang biddy matron nag horse

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Antonyms

stallion gelding colt jasper gent Isle of Man

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Hypernyms

region horse part Equus caballus

Hyponyms

broodmare stud mare

Phrases with the word

breeding mare ride the three-legged mare mare's teat mare's teat grape mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails

Anagrams

mear ream Arem Erma rame Mera

Examples

The grey mare is the better horse. John Heywood

You thought I was that type: That you could forget me, And that I'd plead and weep And throw myself under the hooves of a bay mare... Anna Akhmatova

Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars. Bob Dylan

A mare who has had a foal will never again drink pure water. Corsican Proverb

Money makes the mare go. English Proverb

How can the foal amble if the horse and mare trot? English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Marduk mardy Mardyke mare clausum mare liberum mare nostrum