yare

[ yair or, especially for 1, 2, yahr ]

adjective,yar·er, yar·est.
  1. quick; agile; lively.

  2. (of a ship) quick to the helm; easily handled or maneuvered.

  1. Archaic.

    • ready; prepared.

    • nimble; quick.

Origin of yare

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English gearu, gearo, equivalent to ge- archaic prefix + earu “ready”; cognate with Dutch gaar, German gar “done, dressed (as meat)”; see y-
  • Also yar [yahr, yair] /yɑr, yɛər/ (for defs. 1, 2) .

Other words from yare

  • yarely, adverb

Words Nearby yare

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How to use yare in a sentence

  • yare nere content, Crying nor laughingThe meaning is, of course: You are never content with us, whether we are crying or laughing.

    The Fatal Dowry | Philip Massinger
  • The junior club is the yare Sailing Club, which welcomes all amateurs as members who can pay a 5s.

    Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
  • He took me for a long walk to break it to me, over the hills towards yare and across the great gorse commons by Hazelbrow.

    Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
  • Many thousands of fish were killed in the yare by the ingress of salt water.

    Norfolk Annals | Charles Mackie
  • Water covered nearly all the area in which the city is now built, and filled all the valley of the yare.

British Dictionary definitions for yare

yare

/ (jɛə) /


adjectiveyarer or yarest
  1. archaic, or dialect ready, brisk, or eager

  2. (of a vessel) answering swiftly to the helm; easily handled

adverb
  1. obsolete readily or eagerly

Origin of yare

1
Old English gearu ready; related to Old Saxon, Old High German garo ready, prepared, Old Norse gorr

Derived forms of yare

  • yarely, adverb

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