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- 1. a very unpleasant or frustrating experience: informal British "this week is going to be a bit of a mare but at least the end is in sight"
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MARE definition: 1. an adult female horse 2. a way of talking to or about a woman that shows a lack of respect: 3…. Learn more.
a way of talking to or about a woman that shows a lack of respect: You stupid mare! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Mare definition: a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.. See examples of MARE used in a sentence.
A mare is an adult female horse. If your new horse is a filly, a female baby horse, she'll grow up to be a mare. Horse experts have many words to distinguish the age and sex of their animals, from foal, for any newborn horse, to stallion, a full grown male, to colt, a young male horse.
(British English, informal) a nightmare (= an experience that is very frightening and unpleasant, or very difficult to deal with) The journey home was a bit of a mare as all of the trains were delayed. I had a complete mare booking tickets for the concert. Word Origin. Idioms. a mare’s nest.
noun Word forms: plural maria (ˈmɑːrɪə ) 1. (capital when part of a name) any of a large number of huge dry plains on the surface of the moon, visible as dark markings and once thought to be seas: Mare Imbrium ( Sea of Showers) 2. a similar area on the surface of Mars, such as Mare Sirenum. Collins English Dictionary.
The meaning of MARE is a female horse or other equine animal especially when fully mature or of breeding age.
1. (Astronomy) ( capital when part of a name) any of a large number of huge dry plains on the surface of the moon, visible as dark markings and once thought to be seas: Mare Imbrium ( Sea of Showers) 2. (Astronomy) a similar area on the surface of Mars, such as Mare Sirenum. [from Latin: sea] mare. ( mɛə) n.
mare. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Animals mare /meə $ mer/ noun [ countable] 1 a female horse or donkey → stallion, filly 2 → mare’s nest 3 British English spoken informal if someone is having a mare, things are going very badly for them at the moment.
What does the noun mare mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun mare , four of which are labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
