mare
1a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
Origin of mare
1Words that may be confused with mare
- mare , mayor
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Other definitions for mare (2 of 4)
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2Other definitions for mare (3 of 4)
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.
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3Other definitions for Mar.E. (4 of 4)
Marine Engineer.
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How to use mare in a sentence
Captain Giuseppe Maggio described the nightmare situations the mare Nostrum ships encounter.
Britain’s Let-Em-All-Die Policy | Nico Hines, Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNext 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.
Hundreds of Migrants are Reported Drowned by Traffickers Near Malta | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if mare Nostrum ends, it could be a tragic day for migrants making the perilous crossing.
Are European Rescuers Enticing Migrants to Their Deaths? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe proposed Titan mare Explorer (TiME), for example, would place a boat on either Ligeia mare or Kraken mare.
A Cloud Forms Over Saturn’s Mysterious Moon | Matthew R. Francis | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Bill Barry's statement that the cru-colored bovine was "lively" and could outrun his sorrel mare was, at least founded upon fact.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondThe assassin gallops away upon his mare, and seeks by night to cross the Rhone.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerA handsome soldier on a restive bay mare came next, and behind him a huge touring car with a pompous black chauffeur.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) PorterComing 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.
Menotah | Ernest G. Henham
British Dictionary definitions for mare (1 of 2)
/ (mɛə) /
the adult female of a horse or zebra
Origin of mare
1British Dictionary definitions for mare (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmɑːreɪ, -rɪ) /
(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)
a similar area on the surface of Mars, such as Mare Sirenum
Origin of mare
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Scientific definitions for mare
[ mä′rā ]
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. Compare terra.
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