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mare

1

[ mair ]

noun

  1. a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.


mare

2

[ mair ]

noun

, Obsolete.

mare

3

[ mahr-ey, mair-ee ]

noun

, Astronomy.
, plural ma·ri·a [mahr, -ee-, uh, mair, -].
  1. any of the several large, dark plains on the moon and Mars: Galileo believed that the lunar features were seas when he first saw them through a telescope.

mare

1

/ ˈmɑːreɪ; -rɪ /

noun

  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


mare

2

/ mɛə /

noun

  1. the adult female of a horse or zebra

mare

/ /

, Plural mariarē-ə

  1. Any of the large, low-lying dark areas on the Moon or on Mars or other inner planets. The lunar maria are believed to consist of volcanic basalts, and many are believed to be basins formed initially by large impacts with meteoroids and later filled with lava flows.
  2. Compare terra


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mare1

First recorded before 900; Middle English, mere, mare, maire “horse for riding; beast of burden,” Old English mere, myre “mare”; cognate with Old Frisian merie, Dutch merrie, German Mähre, Old Norse merr; the feminine equivalents to Old English mearh, Old High German marah, march, Old Norse marr, Irish marc, “horse, steed”; marshal

Origin of mare2

First recorded before 900; Middle English mare “night goblin; incubus,” Old English mære, mare, mere “nightmare; monster that oppresses people in their sleep”; cognate with German Mahre, Old Norse mara; nightmare

Origin of mare3

First recorded in 1760–70; from Latin: literally, “sea”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mare1

from Latin: sea

Origin of mare2

C12: from Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German mariha, Old Norse merr mare

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Example Sentences

Captain Giuseppe Maggio described the nightmare situations the Mare Nostrum ships encounter.

Next came Dolly, after a big sorrel mare; and Paul, after a freckled pinto; and so on down the line.

Since Mare Nostrum, more than 60 traffickers have been arrested when their boats were intercepted or rescued at sea.

But if Mare Nostrum ends, it could be a tragic day for migrants making the perilous crossing.

The proposed Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), for example, would place a boat on either Ligeia Mare or Kraken Mare.

Bill Barry's statement that the cru-colored bovine was "lively" and could outrun his sorrel mare was, at least founded upon fact.

The assassin gallops away upon his mare, and seeks by night to cross the Rhone.

A handsome soldier on a restive bay mare came next, and behind him a huge touring car with a pompous black chauffeur.

Coming around the bluff from the opposite direction was a countryman mounted on a powerful gray mare.

Kitty, the grey one-eyed mare, came and rubbed her nose against the black horse.

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